Classification codes for a dairy farm
Milk production. Below are the closest matches in NAICS, ISIC, SIC, NACE, SOC, and other major classification systems. Click any code for its full definition, subcategories, and crosswalks across every system.
- 3523Top matchFarm Machinery and Equipment
Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing farm machinery and equipment, including wheel tractors, for use in the preparation and maintenance of the soil; planting and harvesting of the crop; preparing crops for market on the farm; or for use in performing other farm operations and processes. Included in this industry are establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing commercial mowing and other turf and grounds care equipment. Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing farm handtools are classified in Industry Group 342, and those manufacturing garden tractors, lawnmowers and other lawn and garden equipment are classified in Industry 3524. Agricultural implements and machinery Ammonia applicators and attachments (agricultural machinery) Bale throwers Balers, farm: e.g., hay, straw, cotton Barn cleaners Barn stanchions and standards Blowers and cutters, ensilage Blowers, forage Brooders Cabs, agricultural machinery Calf savers (farm equipment) Cattle feeding, handling, and watering equipment Cattle oilers (farm equipment) Chicken brooders Cleaning machines for fruits, grains and vegetables: farm Combines (harvester-threshers) Conveyors, farm (agricultural machinery) Corn pickers and shellers, farm Corrals, portable Cotton picker and stripper harvesting machinery Cream separators, farm Crop driers, farm Crushers, feed (agricultural machinery) Cultivators, agricultural field and row crop Cutters, ensilage Dairy equipment, farm Drags (agricultural equipment) Driers: grain, hay, and seed (agricultural implements) Dusters, mechanical: agricultural Elevators, farm Farm machinery and equipment Feed grinders, crushers, and mixers (agricultural machinery) Feeders, chicken Fertilizing machinery, farm Field type rotary tillers (agricultural machinery) Fruit, vegetable, berry, and grape harvesting machines Gates, holding (farm equipment) Grading, cleaning, and sorting machines: fruit, grain, and vegetable Grain drills, including legume planters (agricultural machinery) Grain stackers Greens mowing equipment Grounds mowing equipment Hair clippers for animal use, hand and electric Hammer and roughage mills (agricultural machinery) Harrows: disc, spring, and tine Harvesting machines Haying machines: mowers, rakes, loaders, stackers, balers, presses, Hog feeding, handling, and watering equipment Hulling machinery, agricultural Incubators, except laboratory and infant Irrigation equipment, self-propelled Land rollers and levelers (agricultural machinery) Listers Loaders, farm type (general utility) Milking machines Mowers and mower-conditioners, hay Peanut combines, diggers, packers, and threshers (agricultural Planting machines, agricultural Plows, agricultural: disc, moldboard, chisel, etc. Potato diggers, harvesters, and planters (agricultural machinery) Poultry brooders, feeders, and waterers Poultry vision control devices Presses and balers, farm: hay, cotton, etc. Rakes, hay (agricultural machinery) Rotary hoes (agricultural machinery) Roughage mills (agricultural machinery) Seeders (agricultural machinery) Separators, grain and berry: farm Shears, sheep: power Shellers, nut (agricultural machinery) Shredders (agricultural machinery) Silo fillers (agricultural machinery) Soil pulverizers and packers (agricultural machinery) Sorting machines for agricultural products Sprayers, hand: agricultural Spraying machines (agricultural machinery) Spreaders, fertilizer Tobacco curers Tractors, wheel: farm type Trailers and wagons, farm Transplanters Turf equipment, commercial Vine pullers Volume guns (irrigation equipment) Water troughs Weeding machines, farm Windmills for pumping water (agricultural machinery) Windrowers (agricultural machinery)
- 0241Dairy Farms
Establishments primarily engaged in the production of cows'milk and other dairy products and in raising dairy heifer replacements. Such farms may process and bottle milk on the farm and sell at wholesale or retail. However, the processing and/or distribution of milk from a separate establishment not on the farm is classified in manufacturing or trade. Establishments primarily producing goats'milk are classified in Industry 0214. Dairy farms Dairy heifer replacement farms Milk production, dairy cattle farm
- 5083Farm and Garden Machinery and Equipment
Establishments primarily engaged in the wholesale distribution of agricultural machinery and equipment for use in the preparation and maintenance of the soil, the planting and harvesting of crops, and other operations and processes pertaining to work on the farm or the lawn or garden; and daily and other livestock equipment. Agricultural machinery-wholesale Cream separators, farm-wholesale Cultivating machinery and equipment-wholesale Dairy farm machinery and equipment-wholesale Farm machinery and equipment-wholesale Garden machinery and equipment-wholesale Harvesting machinery and equipment-wholesale Haying machinery-wholesale Irrigation equipment-wholesale Land preparation machinery, agricultural-wholesale Lawn machinery and equipment-wholesale Milking machinery and equipment-wholesale Mowers, power-wholesale Planting machinery and equipment-wholesale Poultry equipment-wholesale Tractors, agricultural-wholesale Wind machines (frost protection equipment)-wholesale
- 105Top matchManufacture of dairy products
This class excludes: - production of raw milk (cattle), see 0141 - production of raw milk (camels, etc.), see 0143 - production of raw milk (sheep, goats, horses, asses, etc.), see 0144 - manufacture of non-dairy milk and cheese substitutes, see 1079 - activities of ice cream parlours, see 5610
- 1050Manufacture of dairy products
This class excludes: - production of raw milk (cattle), see 0141 - production of raw milk (camels, etc.), see 0143 - production of raw milk (sheep, goats, horses, asses, etc.), see 0144 - manufacture of non-dairy milk and cheese substitutes, see 1079 - activities of ice cream parlours, see 5610
- 10509Manufacture of other dairy products n.e.c.
- 6121Top matchLivestock and Dairy Producers
Livestock and dairy producers plan, organize and perform farming operations to breed and raise domesticated animals (excluding poultry), such as cattle, sheep, pigs, goats, horses and camels, for the production of meat, milk and other dairy products, skins and wool or for use as working, sporting or recreational animals, for sale or delivery to wholesale buyers, marketing organizations or at markets. Tasks include - (a) monitoring market activity and conditions, determining kinds and amounts of stock to produce, and planning and coordinating production accordingly; (b) cultivating pastures and providing and monitoring fodder and water supplies to maintain appropriate nutritional levels and condition of livestock; (c) monitoring and examining animals to detect illness, injury or disease, and to check physical condition such as rate of weight gain; (d) grooming, marking, clipping, trimming, drenching and/or castrating animals, and shearing coats to collect hair or wool; (e) herding livestock to pastures for grazing or to scales, sheds, vehicles or other enclosures; (f) milking animals by hand or using milking machines; (g) mixing feed, additives and medicines in prescribed portions and distributing or hand-feeding to animals for consumption; (h) performing duties related to livestock reproduction, such as breeding, artificial insemination and helping with animal births; (i) maintaining and cleaning farm buildings, machinery, equipment and structures; (j) slaughtering and skinning animals and preparing them for market; (k) storing and carrying out some processing of animal and dairy produce; (l) promoting and marketing products, arranging the sale, purchase and transportation of livestock, produce and supplies, and maintaining and evaluating records of farm activities and transactions; (m) training and supervising workers in animal care procedures, maintenance duties and health and safety precautions, and hiring and discharging workers and contractors. Examples of the occupations classified here: - Cattle farmer - Dairy farmer - Dog breeder - Drover - Goat farmer - Horse breeder - Shearer - Sheep farmer - Shepherd - Stockman/woman Some related occupations classified elsewhere: - Agricultural production manager - 1311 - Ranch manager - 1311 Note Workers who produce a combination of domestic livestock and other animals such as poultry, insects and non-domesticated animals should be classified according to their predominant activity. Those who produce and store hay and other fodder for later consumption, primarily by livestock for which they are responsible, are classified in Unit Group 6121: Livestock and Dairy Producers.
- 7513Dairy Products Makers
Dairy products makers process butter and various types of cheese, cream or other dairy products. Tasks include - (a) boiling or pasteurizing milk to achieve specified butter fat content; (b) separating cream from milk and churning cream into butter; (c) dumping measured amounts of starter and other ingredients into milk; (d) curdling milk, heating curd until it reaches desired firmness, draining curd and placing cheese into moulds to press it into shape; (e) salting cheese and piercing or smearing cheese with cultured wash to develop mould growth; (f) placing and turning cheese blocks on shelves to cure cheese; (g) monitoring product quality before packaging by inspecting, taking samples and adjusting treatment conditions when necessary; (h) recording amounts of ingredients used, test results and time cycles. Examples of the occupations classified here: - Butter maker - Cheese maker Some related occupations classified elsewhere: - Dairy products machine operator - 8160 - Milk processing machine operator - 8160.
- 612Animal Producers
Animal producers plan, organize and perform farming operations to breed and raise domesticated animals, poultry, insects and non-domesticated animals for the production of meat, dairy products, honey, skins, textiles and other products, or for use as working, sporting or recreational animals, for sale or delivery to wholesale buyers, marketing organizations or at markets. Task performed usually include: monitoring market activity and conditions, determining kinds and amounts of products to produce and planning and coordinating production accordingly; raising, feeding and tending animals; preparing animals or animal products for market; monitoring and examining animals to detect illness, injury or disease, and to check physical condition such as rate of weight gain; performing duties related to animal reproduction such as breeding, artificial insemination and helping with animal births; renting or investing in, and maintaining and cleaning, buildings, machinery, equipment and structures; storing and carrying out some processing of produce; promoting and marketing products, arranging the sale, purchase and transportation of stock, produce and supplies, and maintaining and evaluating records of activities and transactions; training and supervising workers in animal care procedures, maintenance duties and health and safety precautions, and hiring and discharging workers and contractors. Occupations in this minor group are classified into the following unit groups: 6121 Livestock and Dairy Producers 6122 Poultry Producers 6123 Apiarists and Sericulturists 6129 Animal Producers Not Elsewhere Classified.
- 040520Top matchDairy produce; dairy spreads
- 040590Dairy produce; fats and oils derived from milk (other than butter or dairy spreads)
- 04Dairy produce; birds' eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included
Schedule B code 04 covers dairy products such as milk, cheese, butter and related items, together with bird eggs and honey that are exported from the United States. These commodities are grouped for statistical reporting and customs documentation.
Frequently asked questions
- What SIC 1987 code applies to a dairy farm?
- The closest SIC 1987 match for a dairy farm is 3523 Farm Machinery and Equipment. Other candidates include 0241 Dairy Farms and 5083 Farm and Garden Machinery and Equipment.
- What NIC 2008 code applies to a dairy farm?
- The closest NIC 2008 match for a dairy farm is 105 Manufacture of dairy products. Other candidates include 1050 Manufacture of dairy products and 10509 Manufacture of other dairy products n.e.c..
- What ISCO-08 code applies to a dairy farm?
- The closest ISCO-08 match for a dairy farm is 6121 Livestock and Dairy Producers. Other candidates include 7513 Dairy Products Makers and 612 Animal Producers.
- What HS 2022 code applies to a dairy farm?
- The closest HS 2022 match for a dairy farm is 040520 Dairy produce; dairy spreads. Other candidates include 040590 Dairy produce; fats and oils derived from milk (other than butter or dairy spreads) and 04 Dairy produce; birds' eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included.
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