This classification covers establishments primarily engaged in performing services on crops, subsequent to their harvest, with the intent of preparing them for market or further processing.
Average wages for the agricultural services industry totaled $10.95 per hour in the early 2000s. Earnings in crop preparation can vary greatly, depending on the season.
Sic 0723 crop preparation services for market, except cotton ginning
115114 (Postharvest Crop Activities (except Cotton Ginning))
Deli Universal Inc. of Richmond, Virginia, a unit of Universal Corp., which posted 2003 sales of $2.6 billion and employed 28,000 workers.
land breaking, plowing, application of fertilizer, seed bed preparation, and other services for improving the soil for crop planting.
U.S. farms decreased their total expenditures on farm services from $25.7 billion in 2000 to $25.4 billion in 2001.
This industry encompasses establishments primarily engaged in mechanical harvesting, picking and combining of crops, and related activities, using machinery provided by the service firm.
The second-leading company is Golden Peanut Co. of Alpharetta, Georgia, with more than 1,000 employees working at its eight shelling plants, two specialty products plants, and two hulls processing plants as of 2004.
bean, grain, and seed cleaning; corn, peanut, and nut shelling; fruit and vegetable sorting, grading, and cooling; grain, hay, fruit, and vegetable drying; packaging of fresh or farm-dried fruits and vegetables; potato and yam curing
new machinery significantly increased the amount of cultivated land which a single landowner could efficiently manage
cotton
Wheat