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Beef Cattle Ranching and Farming

This includes establishments primarily engaged in raising cattle (including cattle for dairy herd replacements).

Sheep Farming

Establishments in this category are primarly engaged in raising sheep and lambs, or feeding lambs for fattening. The sheep or lambs may be raised for sale or wool production.

Goat Farming

Establishments in this category are primarly engaged in raising goats.

All Other Animal Production

Establishments in this category are primarly engaged in (1) raising animals (except cattle, hogs and pigs, poultry, sheep and goats, aquaculture, apiculture, horses and other equines; and fur-bearing animals including rabbits) or (2) raising a combination of animals, with no one animal or family of animals accounting for one-half of the establishment's agricultural production (i.e., value of animals for market).

Illustrative Examples:

Bird production (e.g., canaries, parakeets, parrots)
Laboratory animal production (e.g., rats, mice, guinea pigs)
Deer production
Combination animal farming (except dairy, poultry)
Companion animals production (e.g., cats, dogs)
Worm production
Llama production