This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of farm products (except grain and field beans, livestock, raw milk, live poultry, and fresh fruits and vegetables). Illustrative Examples: Chicks, live, merchant wholesalers Hemp merchant wholesalers Mules merchant wholesalers Hides merchant wholesalers Raw cotton merchant wholesalers Horses merchant wholesalers Nuts, unprocessed or shelled only, merchant wholesalers Raw pelts merchant wholesalers Leaf tobacco merchant wholesalers Sod merchant wholesalers
Merchant wholesale distribution of raw milk--are classified in Industry 424430, Dairy Product (except Dried or Canned) Merchant Wholesalers; Merchant wholesale distribution of live poultry (except chicks)--are classified in Industry 424440, Poultry and Poultry Product Merchant Wholesalers; Merchant wholesale distribution of grain, dry beans, and soybeans and other inedible beans--are classified in Industry 424510, Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers; Merchant wholesale distribution of livestock (except horses and mules), such as cattle, hogs, sheep, and goats--are classified in Industry 424520, Livestock Merchant Wholesalers; Merchant wholesale distribution of fresh fruits and vegetables--are classified in Industry 424480, Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Merchant Wholesalers; and Merchant wholesale distribution of leaf tobacco that also engage in stemming tobacco--are classified in Industry 424940, Tobacco Product and Electronic Cigarette Merchant Wholesalers.