The Agriculture and Forestry sector comprises industries engaged in growing
crops, raising animals, harvesting timber, and harvesting fish and other
animals from a farm, ranch, or their natural habitats.
The companies in this sector are often described as farms, ranches, dairies,
greenhouses, nurseries, orchards, or hatcheries. This sector includes supporting
industries such as equipment, supplies, consulting and administrative services,
etc.
Excluded from the Agriculture and Forestry sector are companies primarily
engaged in agricultural research and in administering programs for regulating
and conserving land, mineral, wildlife, and forest use.
Sites devoted to agricultural and forestry research, the science and
technology of plants and animals for human use and consumption are listed
under Science / Agriculture /
Sites covering the scientific and technical aspects of agriculture's
impact on the natural environment go under
Science / Environment / Agriculture /
Sites covering the social aspects of agriculture's impact on the natural
environment go under
Society / Issues / Business / Agriculture /
Sites devoted to farming and agriculture as a recreational activities
go under Home / Rural_Living / Hobby_Farms /
Sites covering gardening and horticulture as a recreational activity
go under Home / Gardens
(Source: This category description is based on the North American Industry
Classification System (NAICS), 1997).
Producing, processing and delivering the agricultural products. Delivering grain-crops, leguminous plants, oil-bearing crops and also the products of their processing throughout Europe. www.tair-ua.com
A tree and vegetation contractor providing services in forestry maintenance, arboriculture, management of railway, highway and environmentally sensitive land in the UK. www.homegrowntimber.com
Manufactures and delivers high-quality renewable and biofuel products that enable customers to meet their energy needs and emission requirements. www.fulghumfibrefuels.com
Tobacco leaf dealer, with purchasing and process capabilities to provide Flue Cured, Burley, Dark Fired, Oriental and other tobacco to manufacturers. www.hailcotton.com
A group of companies whose primary business is the provision of total solutions on the field of measurement of spatial data in surveying, mapping and positioning. www.leica-geosystems.com
Includes six commodity divisions - Cotton, Dairy, Fruit and Vegetable, Livestock and Seed, Poultry, and Tobacco. The divisions employ specialists who provide standardization, grading and market news services for those commodities. www.ams.usda.gov
Provides information, research, policies and programs to achieve security of the food system and health of the environment. Includes policies, activities, databases, publications, research initiatives, financial, economic and market information. www.agr.gc.ca/index_e.phtml
Thailand-based global conglomerate with operations and investments in agribusiness, crop integration, pet food manufacturing, seed ferilizers and plant protection products, and telecommunications. www.cpthailand.com
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