Federal spend by industry (NAICS)

How much does the federal government spend under NAICS 115112 (Soil Preparation, Planting, and Cultivating), and who wins the contracts?

Name: Soil Preparation, Planting, and Cultivating (NAICS 115112) — federal contract spending
Creator: Fonteum
License: https://www.usa.gov/government-works

Federal prime-contract spending under NAICS 115112 (Soil Preparation, Planting, and Cultivating), as the public record states it — total obligated, the contractors who win the work, the agencies that buy it, and the fiscal-year trend, stated as exact dated facts with their source, never a score or label. Confirm the full picture at USASpending.gov →

The federal government has $1,425,105 obligated across 28 prime-award actions on file to 2 contractors under NAICS 115112 (Soil Preparation, Planting, and Cultivating), on the prime-award records Fonteum currently holds. Every figure is an exact USASpending.gov fact — no score, no label; confirm the full picture at USASpending.gov.

At a glance

$1,425,105

Obligated across prime awards on file

Prime-award actions on file

Distinct contractors

Distinct awarding agencies

Top contractors — largest recipients of Soil Preparation, Planting, and Cultivating awards

Contractor	Award actions	Obligated	Share of obligated $
NORTHWOODS FORESTRY, INC.	27	$1,392,435	97.7%
SENTINEL SUPPLY CHAIN LLC	1	$32,670	2.3%

Top 2 of 2 contractors on file, by obligated dollars. A high obligation is an exact fact, not an endorsement. Each named contractor links to its canonical federal contractor record.

Source: USASpending.gov award record. Confirm current status at SAM.gov →

Who buys Soil Preparation, Planting, and Cultivating — top awarding agencies

Awarding agency	Award actions	Obligated	Share of obligated $
Department of Agriculture	27	$1,392,435	97.7%
Department of Defense	1	$32,670	2.3%

Source: USASpending.gov award record. Confirm current status at SAM.gov →

Set-aside reliance

How much of the federal spending under Soil Preparation, Planting, and Cultivating runs through a small-business or socioeconomic set-aside vehicle — an exact ratio of public dollars, not an eligibility determination.

Obligations via set-aside vehicles

Set-aside award actions

Total award actions on file

Source: USASpending.gov award record. Confirm current status at SAM.gov →

Obligations by fiscal year (the YoY trend)

Federal fiscal year	Award actions	Obligated
FY2024	1	$32,670
FY2022	3	$189,242
FY2021	2	$232,692
FY2018	2	$61,361
FY2017	4	$146,000
FY2015	2	$74,341
FY2013	4	$138,702
FY2012	3	$200,683
FY2011	5	$208,187
FY2009	1	$61,934

Federal fiscal years run October 1 – September 30. Showing the most recent 10 of 11 years with award actions on file.

Source: USASpending.gov award record. Confirm current status at SAM.gov →

Largest awards on record

Award ID (PIID)	Awarding agency	Signed	Obligated	Award type
12444621C0009	Department of Agriculture	2021-04-05	$180,930	DEFINITIVE CONTRACT
AG569RD120005	Department of Agriculture	2012-04-20	$102,939	DO
12444622F0032	Department of Agriculture	2022-04-28	$94,931	DELIVERY ORDER
AG569RC080006	Department of Agriculture	2008-04-10	$79,293	DCA
12444522F0067	Department of Agriculture	2022-05-04	$69,522	DELIVERY ORDER

Prime-award actions only — sub-award (subcontract) records are not ingested. Confirm the full award history at USASpending.gov →

Source: USASpending.gov award record. Confirm current status at SAM.gov →

What this NAICS code covers

NAICS 115112 is Soil Preparation, Planting, and Cultivating in the North American Industry Classification System — the standard the federal government uses to classify what it buys. The U.S. Small Business Administration sets a small-business size standard (a receipts or employee threshold) per NAICS code, used to decide who qualifies for small-business set-asides.

Reference	Source
NAICS 115112 definition	U.S. Census Bureau (NAICS 2022)
Small-business size standard for NAICS 115112	U.S. Small Business Administration

How to read this profile

This page reports exact public-record facts and assigns no score or label. An obligated-dollar figure is an exact sum over USASpending.gov prime awards on the records Fonteum currently holds; it is a bounded slice of the federal corpus, not a completeness claim, and it is not a budget or forecast. Contractors are named only as the neutral recipients of public awards. The award footprint fills in as the federal award-archive backfill runs.

Related federal-contracting evidence

Reviewed by the Fonteum Government Contracts Desk. Federal procurement records analysts. This study reports exact regulatory facts — an award's signed date and an exclusion's active window, each sourced to SAM.gov and USASpending.gov. It makes no determination of wrongdoing and assigns no score.

Sources: USASpending.gov prime awards (U.S. Government Works, public domain) for the spending figures; U.S. Census Bureau (NAICS 2022) for the industry title; U.S. Small Business Administration for the size standard. Confirm any current figure at usaspending.gov. Canonical record: https://fonteum.com/gov/naics/115112. Industry data as of 2026-08-07.