Industry Description
Establishments primarily engaged in performing services on crops, subsequent to their harvest, with the intent of preparing them for market or further processing. Establishments primarily engaged in buying farm products for resale to other than the general public for household consumption and which also prepare them for market or further processing are classified in Wholesale Trade. Establishments primarily engaged in stemming and redrying tobacco are classified in Manufacturing, Industry 2141.
Business Examples
Common types of business activities within US SIC 0723 - Crop Preparation Services for Market, Except Cotton Ginning are:
- Bean cleaning
- Corn shelling
- Cotton seed delinting
- Drying of corn, rice, hay, fruits, and vegetables
- Flax decorticating and retting
- Fruit precooling, not in connection with transportation
- Fruit vacuum cooling
- Grain cleaning
- Grain fumigation
- Grain grinding, custom
- Moss ginning
- Nut hulling and shelling
- Packaging fresh or farm dried fruits and vegetables
- Peanut shelling, custom
- Potato curing
- Seed cleaning
- Sorting, grading, and packing of fruits and vegetables
- Sweet potato curing
- Tobacco grading
- Vegetable precooling, not in connection with transportation
- Vegetable vacuum cooling
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 0723 - Crop Preparation Services for Market, Except Cotton Ginning
US-SIC Code 0723 - Crop Preparation Services for Market, Except Cotton Ginning sits in the 2-digit Crop Preparation Services for Market, Except Cotton Ginning 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 0723 - Crop Preparation Services for Market, Except Cotton Ginning
For business marketing and targeting, US SIC Codes have been extended to provide more specific classifications within US-SIC 0723 - Crop Preparation Services for Market, Except Cotton Ginning. Extended US SIC Codes are being continuously updated to reflect the current business environment.
8 Digit SIC Codes
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07230000 Crop preparation services for market
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07230100 Field crops, except cash grains, market preparation services
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07230101 Alfalfa cubing services
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07230102 Cotton seed delinting services
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07230103 Flax decorticating services
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07230104 Flax retting services
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07230105 Hay baling services
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07230106 Hay cubing services
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07230107 Hay drying services
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07230108 Peanut shelling
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07230109 Tobacco grading services
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07230200 Cash grain crops market preparation services
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07230201 Corn drying services
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07230202 Corn shelling services
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07230203 Feed milling, custom services
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07230204 Flour milling, custom services
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07230205 Grain cleaning services
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07230206 Grain drying services
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07230207 Grain milling; custom services
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07230208 Rice drying services
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07230300 Vegetable crops market preparation services
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07230301 Bean cleaning services
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07230302 Potato curing services
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07230303 Sweet potato curing services
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07230304 Vegetable drying services
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07230305 Vegetable grading services
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07230306 Vegetable packing services
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07230307 Vegetable precooling services
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07230308 Vegetable sorting services
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07230400 Fruit crops market preparation services
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07230401 Fruit (farm-dried) packing services
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07230402 Fruit (fresh) packing services
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07230403 Fruit drying services
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07230404 Fruit grading services
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07230405 Fruit precooling services
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07230406 Fruit sorting services
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07230500 Tree nut crops market preparation services
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07230501 Almond hulling and shelling services
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07230502 Filbert hulling and shelling services
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07230503 Pecan hulling and shelling services
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07230504 Tree nuts (general) hulling and shelling services
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07230505 Walnut hulling and shelling services
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07239900 Crop preparation services for market, nec
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07239901 Moss ginning services
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07239902 Seed cleaning
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07239903 Vacuum cooling
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