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Crop Production

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Industry Description

The US crop production industry includes about 1 million farms with combined annual revenue of about $205 billion. Major companies include Dole Food Company, Chiquita Brands International, and Sunkist Growers. Crop farming is the growing and harvesting of field crops such as grain, oilseeds, tobacco, dry beans, potatoes, vegetables and melons, fruits and nuts, and floriculture.

SIC: 0139, 0171, 0172, 0173, 0174, 0111, 0112, 0115, 0116, 0119, 0175, 0179, 0181, 0182, 0131, 0132, 0133, 0134
NAICS: 111998, 111150, 111991, 111940, 111930, 111920, 111910, 111422, 111421, 111419, 111411, 111339, 111336, 111335, 111334, 111333, 111332, 111331, 111320, 111310, 111219, 111211, 111199, 111191, 111160, 111110, 111120, 111130, 111140, 111992
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Top 5 Companies

CompanySalesLocation
F.S. FALKINER & SONS PTY LTD16,836.19MDeniliquin, Nsw
Sime Darby Berhad10,099.53MKuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur Kepong Berhad3,596.84MIpoh, Perak
QUEENSLAND COTTON HOLDINGS PTY LTD3,427.75MNewstead, Qld
OLAM AUSTRALIA PTY LTD3,427.75MNewstead, Qld
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Industry Indicator

The consumer price index for food, an indicator of agriculture crop values, rose 3.1 percent in April 2012 compared to the same month in 2011.
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Quarterly Industry Update

New Herbicide Resistant Corn Splits Industry - US farmers divide over the potential effects of Dow Chemical's new genetically modified corn, Enlist, which is designed to be immune to the herbicide 2,4-D.
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