Agriculture 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....

Friona Industries puts the beef in the Big Mac. Founded in 1962, Friona owns four feedyards in northwestern Texas with a feeding capacity of more than 275,000 head of cattle. Its Agricultural Credit division helps ranchers with cattle and feed financing programs....

Meanwhile, back at the ranch ... the sprawling King Ranch, to be exact. Founded in 1853, King Ranch's operations extend beyond its original 825,000 cattle-raising acres. The ranch is still home to cattle and horses, of course. However, King Ranch oversees considerable farming interests in Texas and elsewhere (cotton, sorghum, sod, citrus, pecans, vegetables, and cane sugar)....

Kuala Lumpur Kepong has a hand in everything from rubber gloves to lotion. The diversified company's plantation sector consists of more than 150,000 hectares (about 371,000 acres), which are devoted to palm oil, rubber, and cocoa. Subsidiary Crabtree & Evelyn sells personal care and home accessory items worldwide....

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....

So where did that steak you threw on the barbecue last night come from? Perhaps it was from Agri Beef, an Idaho-based company that raises cattle on its ranches and then fattens them up on its four feedlots in Idaho, Kansas, and Washington. Its processing plant is also in Washington....

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....

Albin Hagstrom & Son has plenty of fronds in cool places. The company grows more than 70 varieties of ferns and other greenery used in floral arrangements and ships products to customers throughout North America and Europe. Greenery is grown on 500 acres in Florida; the company also offers products from other areas of the US and international locations....

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....

As one of the world's largest poultry-breeding operations, Aviagen Group Holding knows that the eggs might come first, but the chicks are what sell best. Comprised of two working units (broiler/breeder and turkey), Aviagen Group sells day-old parent and grandparent chicks for the production of commercial chicken broilers and turkeys....

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....