Federal NAICS Codes

NAICS 115112: Soil Preparation, Planting, and Cultivating

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NAICS 115112 federal market metrics

Total obligations
$384.2M
Total awards
4,412 awards
Active obligations
$20.1M
Size standard
$9,500,000 receipts

What this NAICS covers

NAICS 115112 covers land preparation, planting, and cultivation services provided to establish and maintain crops, including tillage, bed formation, sowing, transplanting, mechanical cultivation, and in-field maintenance until crop establishment.

Federal opportunities under 115112 typically involve mobilizing land-preparation equipment and trained crews to execute specified tillage, bed formation, seeding or transplanting plans, perform scheduled mechanical cultivation and weed control passes, and deliver establishment reports at handoff for harvest contractors.

FY2025 snapshot

Obligations
$17.2M
Awards
188
Average award
$91.2K
Change from FY2024
-10.4%

Recent awards

Search contractors

$375,917

STREAM WETLAND SERVICES, L.L.C.

Farm Production and Conservation Business Center

PIID
12FPC126F0080
PSC
F005 - NATURAL RESOURCES/CONSERVATION- FOREST TREE PLANTING

$54,700

WATANABE ENTERPRISES LLC

Department of Veterans Affairs

PIID
36C78626P50265
PSC
9930 - MEMORIALS; CEMETERIAL AND MORTUARY EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES

$26,834

VALLEY AIR LLC

Bureau of Land Management

PIID
140L2626P0060
PSC
F105 - ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS PROTECTION- PESTICIDES SUPPORT

$30,475

SCHOTT AG AIR LLC

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

PIID
12639526F0653
PSC
F001 - NATURAL RESOURCES/CONSERVATION- AERIAL FERTILIZATION/SPRAYING

FAQ

What work fits NAICS 115112?
  • Field tillage and seedbed preparation using tractor-mounted plows, harrows, and bed shapers to meet specified depth and field maps.
  • Contract seeding and transplanting operations including precision seed placement, row marking, transplanting crews, and seeding-rate verification records.
  • Mechanical in-row cultivation and scheduled weed-control passes with operator logs, cultivator settings, and pass-by-pass documentation.
  • Soil amendment incorporation and pre-plant fertilization to specified incorporation depths with delivery of field amendment records and equipment calibration data.
When is NAICS 115112 a weak fit?
  • Irrigation system installation and permanent irrigation infrastructure work is outside this code because it focuses on construction and installation rather than planting and cultivation services.
  • Crop harvesting and postharvest handling are outside this code because they involve harvest equipment and processing rather than establishment and cultivation operations.
  • Nursery container production or greenhouse transplant production under protected culture is outside this code when work is confined to greenhouse operations rather than field soil preparation and planting.
What solicitation language points to NAICS 115112?
  • Statement of work specifying acreages with GPS field maps, target tillage depth, equipment types, and scheduled pass dates.
  • Deliverables requiring seeding-rate records, transplant counts, equipment calibration logs, and post-plant establishment surveys.
  • Performance standards defining acceptable emergence percentage thresholds at specified days after planting and allowable weed counts per row.

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