Industry Description
Establishments primarily engaged in performing crop planting, cultivating, and protecting services. Establishments primarily engaged in complete maintenance of citrus groves, orchards, and vineyards are classified in Industry 0762. Establishments providing water for irrigation, or providing both water and irrigation services, are classified in Transportation and Public Utilities, Industry 4971.
Business Examples
Common types of business activities within US SIC 0721 - Crop Planting, Cultivating, and Protecting are:
- Aerial dusting and spraying
- Bracing of orchard trees and vines
- Citrus grove cultivation services
- Cultivation services, mechanical and flame
- Detasseling of corn
- Disease control for crops, with or without fertilizing
- Dusting crops, with or without fertilizing
- Entomological service, agricultural
- Hoeing
- Insect control for crops, with or without fertilizing
- Irrigation system operation services (not providing water)
- Orchard cultivation services
- Planting crops, with or without fertilizing
- Pollinating
- Pruning of orchard trees and vines
- Seeding crops, with or without fertilizing
- Seeding of sprouts and twigs
- Spraying crops, with or without fertilizing
- Surgery on orchard trees and vines
- Thinning of crops, mechanical and chemical
- Trees orchard: cultivation of
- Trees orchard: planting, pruning, bracing, spraying, removal, and
- Vineyard cultivation services
- Weed control, crop: after planting
IBISWorld Industry Research Report
Crop Services in the US (11511)
Revenue 2025
$32.4bn
Growth 2025
-0.51%
Key Trends
As farms with surpluses still required services to maintain their crops and avoid long-term production declines, profit ultimately grew
As states implemented shelter-in-place policies, demand for agricultural products shifted from restaurants to grocery stores
Crop prices set by farmers are expected to increase
Products and Services
US-SIC Hierarchy 0721 - Crop Planting, Cultivating, and Protecting
US-SIC Code 0721 - Crop Planting, Cultivating, and Protecting sits in the 2-digit Crop Planting, Cultivating, and Protecting sector. US SIC codes can be 2 to 8 digits and the further along the hierarchy, the more detailed and specific the category will be.
Division: A
Division Title: Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing
2 Digits 3 Digits 4 Digits
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011 Cash Grains
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013 Field Crops, Except Cash Grains
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016 Vegetables and Melons
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017 Fruits and Tree Nuts
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018 Horticultural Specialties
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019 General Farms, Primarily Crop
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021 Livestock, Except Dairy and Poultry
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024 Dairy Farms
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025 Poultry and Eggs
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027 Animal Specialties
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029 General Farms, Primarily Livestock and Animal
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071 Soil Preparation Services
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072 Crop Services
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074 Veterinary Services
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075 Animal Services, Except Veterinary
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076 Farm Labor and Management Services
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078 Landscape and Horticultural Services
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081 Timber Tracts
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083 Forest Nurseries and Gathering of Forest
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085 Forestry Services
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091 Commercial Fishing
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092 Fish Hatcheries and Preserves
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097 Hunting and Trapping, and Game Propagation
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Extended US-SIC Hierarchy for 0721 - Crop Planting, Cultivating, and Protecting
For business marketing and targeting, US SIC Codes have been extended to provide more specific classifications within US-SIC 0721 - Crop Planting, Cultivating, and Protecting. Extended US SIC Codes are being continuously updated to reflect the current business environment.
8 Digit SIC Codes
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07210000 Crop planting and protection
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07210100 Orchard tree and vine services
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07210101 Orchard tree and vine bracing services
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07210102 Orchard tree and vine pruning services
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07210103 Orchard tree and vine surgery services
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07210104 Tree orchards, cultivation of
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07210105 Vines, cultivation of
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07210200 Sprout and twig services
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07210201 Sprout and twig cultivation services
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07210202 Sprout and twig seeding services
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07210300 Crop protecting services
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07210301 Crop disease control services
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07210302 Crop dusting services
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07210303 Crop related entomological services (insect control)
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07210304 Crop spraying services
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07210400 Crop cultivating services
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07210401 Citrus grove cultivation services
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07210402 Corn detasseling services
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07210403 Crop thinning (chemical) services
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07210404 Crop thinning (mechanical) services
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07210405 Flame cultivation services
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07210406 Hoeing services
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07210407 Irrigation system operation, not providing water
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07210408 Mechanical cultivation services
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07210409 Pollinating services
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07210410 Weed control services, after planting
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07219900 Crop planting and protection, nec
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07219901 Crop seeding services
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07219902 Planting services
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