Agricultural Support Activities & Products Industry Competitors

BayWa's roots are in Bavarian farming, but its interests are branching out. BayWa (pronounced bay-vah) is divided into several business units: agriculture (grain and oil fruit trading, fertilizers, insecticides, feed, seed, fresh fruit production), agricultural equipment (farm buildings, machinery, tools), building materials (building components and equipment renewable energy products and services), do-it-yourself (DIY) and garden centers (paint, hardware, tools, fixtures, plants, pet products), energy (gas stations, heating oil, lubricants, mineral oils), and other activities (auto dealerships)....

Coopérative Terrena takes Gallic farmers from farm to market and back again. The cooperative (formerly Groupe CANA, or Coopérative Agricole La Noëlle Ancenis) and its subsidiaries supply 30,000 farmer-members in western France with animal feed, fertilizer, seeds, and fuel....

The Andersons earns its daily bread on a mix of grains, trains, and corncobs. Founded in 1947, the agricultural firm buys, conditions, and resells corn, soybeans, and wheat through elevators and terminals located in the Midwest. The Andersons also runs six retail home-center stores in Ohio that sell home-improvement products, nursery stock, groceries, and other items....

The Connell Company can sell you a boatload of rice or it can help you lease a building to store it in. Connell's core business is rice distribution, conducted through its Connell Rice & Sugar division. Its rice products, both domestically and foreign grown, include milled rice, brown rice, paddy rice; its brand names include East Winds and Snow White....

Weed 'em and feed 'em could be the motto of Wilbur-Ellis Company. A distributor for major chemical companies, Wilbur-Ellis sells animal feed, fertilizer, insecticides, seed, and machinery through outlets in North America. Subsidiary Connell Brothers exports and distributes industrial chemicals throughout the Pacific Rim....

ADAS Holdings Limited has found its place is at the junction of science, policy, and agriculture. Whether addressing the viability of bio-fuels or the management of water resources, the company provides objective research and consulting services to both private and government-sponsored agricultural companies in the UK....

AGRI Industries is a grain farmer-owned cooperative that supplies its Midwestern US members a wide range of products and services necessary for agricultural production. Its offerings include farm equipment, financial services, and grain agronomy, marketing, storage, and transportation....

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Alabama Farmers Cooperative (AFC) provides farmers in the Yellowhammer State a full range of agricultural supplies and services including feed, fertilizer, seed, grain storage, and marketing, along with home-gardening items such as seeds and hardware. The co-op also serves members in parts of Florida, Georgia, and Mississippi....

Monsanto wants to dominate the US seed market, and it's looking to do so one company at a time. In 2004 the agrochemical and biotechnology behemoth created American Seeds Inc. (ASI) to act as the mother ship to a number of regional seed producers it planned to buy....

AWB Limited markets wheat and other grains grown on farms Down Under. AWB's activities include the pooling, marketing, trading, financing, risk management and logistical management of wheat. Its other crops include barley, sorghum, and oilseeds; its seeds division provides seed for those crops....

Barkley Seed sells seeds to be sown by farmers. The Arizona-based company supplies grass and food grain seeds, including wheat, barley, durum, and Bermuda grass. It operates growing, handling, and storage facilities in Arizona and California and contracts with growers nationwide....

From crop aggregation to fuel supply, Battle Creek Farmers Cooperative provides local farmers with an arsenal of farm supplies and services. The co-op serves some 900 northeastern Nebraskan members. Its offerings include grain marketing, soil nutrient inputs, pest-control products, seed, animal feed, transportation, and energy (gasoline, diesel, kerosene, propane, and lubricants)....

Cargill may be private, but it's highly visible. The US's second largest private corporation (after Koch Industries), Cargill's diversified operations include grain, cotton, sugar, petroleum and financial trading; food processing; futures brokering; health and pharmaceutical products; agricultural services such as animal feed and crop protection; and industrial products including biofuels, oils and lubricants, starches, and salt....

Centaur Grain guards the harvest and protects the profits. At least it tries to. The farm cooperative specializes in grain marketing and trading for its members. The co-op's storage facilities serve over 1,800 UK grain growers in Southern England and the eastern counties up to the Scottish borders....

The farmer in the dell-ta relies on CGB Enterprises. Located in Louisiana, near the shores of Lake Pontchartrain and the mouth of the Mississippi River, CGB is an agricultural company that provides a range of services, including grain handling, storage, and merchandising....

CHS goes with the grain. As a leading US cooperative marketer of grain and oilseed, CHS represents farmers, ranchers, and cooperatives from the Great Lakes to the Pacific Northwest and from the Canadian border to Texas. CHS trades grain and sells supplies to members through its stores....

Cooperative Elevator represents and serves northern Michigan bean and grain farmers. The agricultural cooperative is made up of approximately 1,000 member/owners. It operates processing plants and it provides farm supplies to its members, including seed, feed, fertilizer, fuel, and chemicals....

Crop Production Services, a retailing subsidiary of Agrium, supplies a full line of agricultural products and services to farms in 16 states in the US, ranging from the Corn Belt to the East Coast. Among its products is Admirable AMS and Carrier, two sprayable ammonium sulfate mixes, and Engage, an additive used to enhance the absorption of herbicides on plant surfaces....

Chew 'em up or spit 'em out -- Dahlgren & Company processes and sells raw, roasted, shelled, and unshelled sunflower seeds.It offers standard, non-GMO, certified organic and certified kosher products. The company provides custom processing (hulling, shelling), flavoring, and packaging services....