Cargill, Incorporated is an international provider of food, agricultural and risk management products and services. With 158,000 employees in 66 countries, the company is committed to using its knowledge and experience to collaborate with customers to help them succeed.

Archer Daniels Midland Company is engaged in procuring, transporting, storing, processing, and merchandising agricultural commodities and products. The Company is a processor of oilseeds, corn, wheat, cocoa, and other feedstuffs, and is a manufacturer of soybean oil and protein meal, corn... more

Monsanto Company (Monsanto) along with its subsidiaries, is a global provider of agricultural products for farmers. The Company’s seeds, biotechnology trait products, and herbicides provide farmers with solutions to produce foods for consumers and feed for animals. It has two segments:... more

With annual revenues of approximately $4 billion, Chiquita Brands International, Inc. (NYSE: CQB) is a leading international marketer and distributor of high-quality fresh and value-added food products - from energy-rich bananas and other fruits to nutritious blends of convenient green... more

Dole Food Company, Inc. (Dole) is a producer of fresh fruit and fresh vegetables, and markets a line of value-added products. The Company operates in four business segments: fresh fruit, fresh vegetables, packaged foods and fresh-cut flowers. The fresh fruit segment contains operating... more

Bunge Limited (Bunge) is an agribusiness and food company operating in the farm-to-consumer food chain. The Company conducts its operations through three divisions: agribusiness, fertilizer and food products. These divisions include four segments: agribusiness, fertilizer, edible oil... more

Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc. (Fresh Del Monte) is a vertically integrated producer, marketer and distributor of fresh and fresh-cut fruit and vegetables, as well as producer and distributor of prepared fruit and vegetables, juices, beverages and snacks. The Company's global business,... more

Seminis is the world's largest vegetable seed company. Our seeds become the vegetables and fruits enjoyed every day by consumers all over the globe. Using traditional plant breeding techniques and modern science, we develop innovative types of vegetables and fruits that offer greater... more

CHS Inc. (CHS) is an integrated agricultural company that provides a variety of products and services, from initial agricultural inputs, such as fuels, farm supplies, crop nutrients and crop protection products, to agricultural outputs that include grains and oilseeds, grain and oilseed... more

Danisco Venture (www.danisco.com/venture) is a corporate venture unit within Danisco A/S - one of the world´s largest producers of ingredients for the food and feed industry. Danisco Venture focuses on creating significant value growth by investing in total DKK 500 million (approx. EUR 67... more

VeraSun Energy Corp. (NYSE: VSE), headquartered in Sioux Falls, S.D., is a leading producer and marketer of ethanol and distillers grains. Founded in 2001, the company has a fleet of 16 production facilities in eight states, of which one is still under construction. VeraSun is scheduled... more

Agrium Inc. (Agrium) is a global producer and marketer of agricultural nutrients, industrial products and specialty products, and a retail supplier of agriculture products and services in North and South America. Agrium produces and markets three primary groups of nutrients: nitrogen,... more

Del Monte Foods Company is a producer, distributor and marketer of branded food and pet products for the United States retail market. The Company’s principal food brands include Del Monte, StarKist, S&W, Contadina, College Inn and other brand names, and its pet food and pet snacks brands... more

Tractor Supply Company is an operator of retail farm and ranch stores in the United States and is focused on supplying the lifestyle needs of recreational farmers and ranchers and those who enjoy the rural lifestyle, as well as tradesmen and small businesses. It operates retail stores... more

Tate & Lyle is a global leader in renewable ingredients. Its core competence is to take corn, wheat or sugar, and add value to these raw materials through technology. As a result of continuous innovation it offers an ever-wider product portfolio of versatile and functional ingredients.... more

IMC Global continues to strengthen its low-cost, market-leading positions in crop nutrients and animal feed ingredients while building on its core competencies in mining, chemical processing, international distribution, logistics and marketing. Long recognized in the global agricultural... more

Corn Products International, Inc. (Corn Products) together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells a number of ingredients to a variety of food and industrial customers. The Company operates as a corn refiner and a supplier of food ingredients and industrial products derived from... more

The Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) is a farmer-controlled corporation that markets wheat and barley on behalf of 70,000 western Canadian producers. As one of Canada's biggest exporters, the Winnipeg-based organization sells $3 billion to $4 billion worth of grain a year. Great Sandhills... more

Nufarm Limited manufactures and supplies a range of agricultural chemicals used by farmers to protect crops from damage caused by weeds, pests and disease. The Company has production and marketing operations worldwide and sells products in more than 100 countries. In March 2008, the... more

Syngenta AG (Syngenta) is an agribusiness that is involved in the discovery, development, manufacture and marketing of a range of products designed to improve crop yields and food quality. Syngenta is also engaged in the development of products for markets, such as seed care, lawn and... more

About Delta and Pine Land Company Delta and Pine Land Company is a leading commercial breeder, producer and marketer of cotton planting seed.

Agriliance, LLC, (www.agriliance.com) is the agronomy marketing joint venture formed by Land O'Lakes, Inc., Arden Hills, Minn., CHS Cooperatives, St. Paul, Minn., and Farmland Industries, Kansas City, Mo. Agriliance supplies crop nutrients, crop protection products, seed (through CROPLAN... more

Alltech is a worldwide leader in the field of animal nutrition. Headquartered in the USA and with a European Bioscience Centre in Ireland, Alltech has developed a strong regional presence in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Latin America and Asia-Pacific. It also has 14 production... more

Company Background: The Solae Company is an alliance between DuPont and Bunge Limited to bring more great tasting, nutritious soy-foods to the marketplace. As more and more consumers are discovering the many health benefits of consuming soy, a growing number of food manufacturers have... more

Arysta operates through two primary lines of business - agriscience and lifescience. Through these two divisions we deliver on our vision to bring market leading crop protection and lifescience solutions to the four corners of the globe. Anchored by our Japanese heritage and supported by... more

map Ingredients, Inc. is an integrated producer of certain ingredients and distillery products derived from grain. The Company has three business segments: ingredient solutions, distillery products and other. Its ingredient solutions segment products primarily consist of specialty... more

AWB Limited operates in seven business areas. Pool Management Services manages the aggregation and global marketing of Australian wheat, provides commodity price and currency risk management, and provides the development and application of grain-related technologies. Rural Services... more

GROWMARK, Inc. is a regional cooperative providing agriculture-related products and services and grain marketing in the Midwest. FS brand farm supplies and related services are marketed to farmers in the northeastern United States and Ontario, Canada through local GROWMARK member... more

Royster-Clark, with annual sales in excess of $1 billion, is a distributor of agricultural fertilizer, seed, and crop protection products, and a provider of agronomic services, such as product application and technical consulting services, to farmers mainly in the Southeast and Midwest... more

Associated British Foods is a diversified international food, ingredients and retail group with global sales of £6.0bn, and 75,000 employees in 46 countries. Our aim is to achieve strong, sustainable leadership positions in markets that offer potential for profitable growth. We look to... more

To protect and enhance yield production, Mycogen Seeds offers a wide range of the latest advancements in trait technology and seed treatments for a variety of crops. These innovative protection options give you crop plan flexibility and cost-effective control against insects, weeds, and... more

Ajinomoto Co., Inc. (Ajinomoto Group) was established in Japan in 1909. Over the last 90 years, Ajinomoto has grown rapidly through its expertise in fermentation technologies and business & geographical diversification, and is now an established seasoning and process food manufacture, and... more

Merisant Company manufactures, markets and distributes low-calorie tabletop sweeteners in over 90 countries. The Company's products are sold under the Equal and Canderel brands and 18 other regional brands. Merisant organizes and manages its segments by geographic region, which include... more

Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. is an integrated fertilizer and related industrial and feed products company. The Company’s potash is produced from six mines in Saskatchewan and one mine in New Brunswick. Of these mines, it owns and operates five in Saskatchewan and the one in New... more

Ridley Inc. is a commercial animal nutrition company in North America, serving customers in the United States and Canada. Ridley manufactures and markets a range of animal nutrition products, including formulated complete feeds, premixes, feed supplements, block supplements, animal health... more

US BioEnergy is a leading ethanol producer in the United States. We currently operate four ethanol plants: US Bio Platte Valley, US Bio Woodbury, US Bio Albert City and US Bio Ord, and have four plants under construction. Upon completion of these initiatives, we will own and operate eight... more

Cerestar, with both fully integrated and specialty-ISO certified-plants, is a major European manufacturer of starches and starch derivatives. Cerestar's European business center is located in Mechelen, Belgium, while sales offices and production facilities are located throughout the... more

Incorporated in 1921, Wilbur-Ellis Company has grown to become a leading international marketer and distributor of agricultural and industrial products, with sales exceeding $1.474 billion in 2004. The Company remains privately held, with ownership concentrated primarily within the... more

The Mosaic Company (Mosaic) is a producer of phosphate and potash crop nutrients for the agricultural industry. The Company operates its business through three business segments: phosphates, potash and offshore. The Phosphates segment produce phosphate fertilizer and feed phosphate which... more

UAP Holding Corp. is the holding company of UAP Inc., the largest independent distributor of agricultural and non-crop products in the United States and Canada. UAP Inc. markets a comprehensive line of products, including chemicals, fertilizer, and seed to farmers, commercial growers, and... more

Established in 1995, Performance Plants Inc. is a global leader in agricultural and biofuel biotechnology. Headquartered in Kingston, Ontario, Canada with research facilities in Kingston and Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, the company has developed and holds global patents for gene trait... more

Zeneca Agrochemicals is the crop protection and plant science business of AstraZeneca. It is the third largest supplier to this international market, with sales in 1998 of $2.88 billion in over 130 countries.

Farmland was founded in 1929 as the Union Oil Company when six farmer-owned cooperatives joined forces to buy and distribute petroleum products. It expanded into other co-op products in the early 1930s, and in 1935 changed its name to Consumer Cooperative Association (CCA). In 1938, CCA... more

Sunkist is a very complex cooperative organization. We must all understand our roles in the system. Sunkist growers must produce the highest quality fruit - fruit the market wants. Sunkist shippers must put up the best pack possible and provide the most up-to-date production information.... more

Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings, Inc. (Aventine) is a producer and marketer of ethanol in the United States. Through its own production facilities, marketing alliances with other ethanol producers and its purchase/resale operations, the Company marketed and distributed 690.2 million... more

Landec Corporation (Landec) designs, develops, manufactures and sells temperature-activated and other specialty polymer products for a range of food products, agricultural products and licensed partner applications. Landec has three core businesses: Food Products Technology, Commodity... more

Sun World, one of the United States' leading producers and marketers of fresh fruit, operates one of the world's largest table grape and stonefruit breeding programs. Since its inception in the mid-1970s, the Company's Research & Development Center has released more than 55 new varieties... more

Frieda's is also the first wholesale produce company in the U.S. to be founded, owned, and operated by a woman -- and remains a family-owned and operated business today. Frieda Caplan is founder and Chairman of the Board, while her daughters Karen and Jackie serve as President/CEO and... more

Fyffes plc is marketer and distributor of bananas, pineapples and melons globally. The Company is primarily involved in the production, procurement, shipping, ripening, distribution and marketing of bananas, pineapples and melons. The Company operates in two divisions: the Tropical... more