Vegetable & Melon Farming
Official definition
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in one or more of the following: (1) growing vegetable and/or melon crops; (2) producing vegetable and/or melon seeds; and (3) growing vegetable and/or melon bedding plants. The crops included in this industry have an annual growth cycle and are grown in open fields. Climate and cultural practices limit producing areas but often permit the growing of a combination of crops in a year.
Source: US Census Bureau, 2017 NAICS Definitions. Public domain.
Which code does this activity belong in?
Vegetable and Melon Farming comprises establishments growing vegetables or melons in open fields with annual growth cycles, along with producers of vegetable or melon seeds and bedding plants. This code is distinguished from Fruit and Tree Nut Farming, which covers crops with perennial life cycles that are not grown from seeds. Establishments growing crops under cover structures like greenhouses are classified in Greenhouse, Nursery, and Floriculture Production rather than here, even if those covered crops are vegetables or melons.