agriculture industry
Crop production business
The agriculture industry encompasses businesses and organizations involved in farming, livestock production, and related commercial activities.
It includes not just farms but processing plants, equipment manufacturers, seed companies, and distributors that move food from field to table.
The agriculture industry accounts for a significant portion of the state's economy.
Often shortened to ag industry in trade contexts.
- wheatCereal crop for flour
- barleyGrain for malt
- cash cropProduce grown for sale
- farmworkersAgricultural manual laborers
- dairy farmLivestock operation for milk
family farm · cattle · commodity markets · farm cooperatives · composting · crop rotation · cow · agroforestry · subsidies · food security · agribusiness · seed · tractors · farm equipment · environmental regulations · farm bill · cotton · growing season
agriculture industrymanufacturing industry
Factories making goods commercially
tech industry · industrial sector · heavy industry · knowledge economy · digital economy
agriculture industrysubsistence farming
Growing food for household
subsistence agriculture · peasant farming · smallholder farming · small-scale farming · family farming
agriculture industrywilderness
Uncultivated, uninhabited natural region
untouched nature · urban development · urbanization · wildlife conservation · city life