Business & farm

You don't have to plant something in the ground to be a farmer ... think of fish farms for example.  

If you use the Sch F instead of the Sch C there are different categories of expenses listed more suited to your business ... look at a Sch F to see what I mean ... you can use either form since they will both do the same things in the long run.  https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f1040sf.pdf