Class A

CLASS Section – Division – Group

Growing of non-perennial crops

Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds

This class includes all forms of growing of cereals, leguminous crops and oil seeds in open fields. The growing of these crops is often combined within agricultural units.

Growing of rice

Growing of vegetables and melons, roots and tubers

Growing of sugar cane

Growing of tobacco

Growing of fibre crops

Growing of other non-perennial crops

This class includes the growing of all other non-perennial crops:

Growing of perennial crops

Growing of grapes

Growing of tropical and subtropical fruits

Growing of citrus fruits

Growing of pome fruits and stone fruits

Growing of other tree and bush fruits and nuts

Growing of oleaginous fruits

Growing of beverage crops

Growing of spices, aromatic, drug and pharmaceutical crops

Growing of other perennial crops

Plant propagation

This class includes the production of all vegetative planting materials including cuttings, suckers and seedlings for direct plant propagation or to create plant grafting stock into which selected scion is grafted for eventual planting to produce crops.

Animal production

Raising of dairy cattle

Raising of other cattle and buffaloes

Raising of horses and other equines

Raising of camels and camelids

Raising of sheep and goats

Raising of swine/pigs

Raising of poultry

Raising of other animals

Mixed farming

This class includes the combined production of crops and animals without a specialised production of crops or animals. The size of the overall farming operation is not a determining factor. If either production of crops or animals in a given unit is 66% or more of standard gross margins, the combined activity should not be included here, but allocated to crop or animal farming.

Support activities to agriculture and post-harvest crop activities

Support activities for crop production

Post-harvest crop activities

Seed processing for propagation

This class includes all post-harvest activities aimed at improving the propagation quality of seed through the removal of non-seed materials, undersized, mechanically or insect-damaged and immature seeds as well as removing the seed moisture to a safe level for seed storage.

This activity includes the drying, cleaning, grading and treating of seeds until they are marketed.

The treatment of genetically modified seeds is included here.

Hunting, trapping and related service activities

Silviculture and other forestry activities

The class includes the activities that can be carried out in natural or man-made forests.

Logging

Gathering of wild growing non-wood products

Support services to forestry

This class includes carrying out part of the forestry operation on a fee or contract basis.

Fishing

Marine fishing

Freshwater fishing

Aquaculture

Marine aquaculture

Freshwater aquaculture