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Industries / Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing |
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| Industry Description |
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The Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing sector comprises establishments primarily engaged in growing crops, raising animals, harvesting timber, and harvesting fish and other animals from a farm, ranch, or their natural habitats.
The establishments in this sector are often described as farms, ranches, dairies, greenhouses, nurseries, orchards, or hatcheries. A farm may consist of a single tract of land or a number of separate tracts which may be held under different tenures. For example, one tract may be owned by the farm operator and another rented. It may be operated by the operator alone or with the assistance of members of the household or hired employees, or it may be operated by a partnership, corporation, or other type of organization. When a landowner has one or more tenants, renters, croppers, or managers, the land operated by each is considered a farm.
The sector distinguishes two basic activities: agricultural production and agricultural support activities. Agricultural production includes establishments performing the complete farm or ranch operation, such as farm owner-operators, tenant farm operators, and sharecroppers. Agricultural support activities include establishments that perform one or more activities associated with farm operation, such as soil preparation, planting, harvesting, and management, on a contract or fee basis.
Excluded from the Agriculture, Forestry, Hunting and Fishing sector are establishments primarily engaged in agricultural research and establishments primarily engaged in administering programs for regulating and conserving land, mineral, wildlife, and forest use. |
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U.S. National Figures. |
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| Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing |
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse
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226,370 |
Logging Equipment Operators
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20,860 |
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals
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14,480 |
Agricultural Equipment Operators
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14,310 |
Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products
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14,210 |
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
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13,980 |
Packers and Packagers, Hand
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12,550 |
First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers
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12,240 |
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
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7,580 |
Office Clerks, General
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6,110 |
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| Interesting Fact |
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| Wal-Mart is the largest employer in the world (1,300,000 employees). 3 of the top 10 employers in the world are American; 4 of the top 10 are Chinese. |
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