FIELD CROPS
This classification applies to all acreage devoted to the cultivation and harvesting of hay; alfalfa; flax; safflower; maize; all sorghums; or all the cereal grains, including but not limited to wheat, barley, rice, field corn and oats. This classification also applies to all acreage devoted to the cultivation and harvesting of cotton.
Cotton gin operations, including cotton compressing, shall be separately classified as 0401, Cotton Gin Operation.
The contract storage of baled cotton or the purchase and sale of cotton, including cotton compressing, when no ginning operations are performed, shall be classified as 0400, Warehouses — cotton.
The cultivation and harvesting, including field packing, of sweet (edible) corn shall be classified as 0172, Truck Farms.
The cultivation and harvesting of grass sod for use in landscaping shall be classified as 0005, Nurseries.
Providing machinery and operating crews to conduct mechanized farming or harvesting operations for separate concerns on a fee basis shall be classified as 0050, Farm Machinery Operation.
| Shown below is the previously published phraseology and footnote | Effective Date |
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Phraseology: Footnote: This classification applies to all acreage devoted to the cultivation and harvesting of hay; alfalfa; flax; safflower; maize; all sorghums; or all the cereal grains, including but not limited to wheat, barley, rice, field corn and oats. The cultivation and harvesting, including field packing, of sweet (edible) corn shall be classified as 0172, Truck Farms. The cultivation and harvesting of grass sod for use in landscaping shall be classified as 0005, Nurseries. Providing machinery and operating crews to conduct mechanized farming or harvesting operations for separate concerns on a fee basis shall be classified as 0050, Farm Machinery Operation. | 9/1/2021 |
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