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CropLife Top 100

2015 RANKING OF THE LARGEST AG RETAILERS IN THE U.S.

Rank	Company	Revenue Range	Crop Protection %	Fertilizer %	Seed %	Custom Application %
1	Crop Production Services	More than $1 billion	38	44	14	4
2	Helena Chemical Co.	More than $1 billion	41	38	17	4
3	GROWMARK, Inc.	More than $1 billion	18	59	18	5
4	Wilbur-Ellis Co.	More than $1 billion	48	38	8	6
5	Pinnacle Agriculture Holdings	More than $1 billion	39	31	23	7
6	CHS	More than $1 billion	25	54	16	5
7	Simplot Retail	More than $1 billion	40	53	4	3
8	Southern States Co-op	$200-999 million	5	75	20	0
9	MFA Inc.	$200-999 million	21	57	17	5
10	Tennessee Farmers Cooperative	$200-999 million	25	55	20	0
11	Aurora Cooperative	$200-999 million	41	45	7	7
12	Central Valley Ag Cooperative	$200-999 million	22	61	11	6
13	South Dakota Wheat Growers	$200-999 million	21	50	21	8
14	Co-Alliance LLP	$200-999 million	21	56	17	6
15	Hefty Seed Co.	$200-999 million	69	7	24	0
16	The McGregor Co.	$200-999 million	38	53	4	5
17	Valley Agronomics LLC	$200-999 million	49	43	5	3
18	Farmers Cooperative Co.	$100-199 million	21	58	16	5
19	Cargill AgHorizons	$100-199 million	18	63	10	9
20	Effingham Equity	$100-199 million	23	51	20	6
21	BRANDT	$100-199 million	23	53	19	5
22	The Andersons, Inc.	$100-199 million	20	72	5	3
23	Heartland Co-op	$100-199 million	23	52	17	8
24	Mid Valley Ag Service, Inc.	$100-199 million	52	47	1	0
25	Agri-AFC, LLC	$100-199 million	34	43	20	3
26	Buttonwillow Warehouse Co.	$100-199 million	46	51	3	0
27	North Central Farmers Elevator	$100-199 million	21	48	25	6
28	West Central Ag Services	$100-199 million	27	53	16	4
29	United Cooperative	$100-199 million	16	52	28	4
30	Diamond R. Fertilizer Co., Inc.	$100-199 million	43	55	2	0
31	Frontier Cooperative Co.	$100-199 million	11	55	8	26
32	Twin-State Inc.	$100-199 million	26	56	12	6
33	Kova Fertilizer	$100-199 million	27	64	4	5
34	Land View, Inc.	$100-199 million	26	65	4	5
35	Frenchman Valley Co-op	$100-199 million	16	75	4	5
36	Tremont Group Inc.	$100-199 million	44	56	0	0
37	River Valley Cooperative	$100-199 million	22	62	9	7
38	Van Horn Inc.	$100-199 million	25	48	22	5
39	Allied Cooperative	$65-99 million	12	70	13	5
40	Landmark Services Cooperative	$65-99 million	20	51	22	7
41	Star of the West Milling Co.	$65-99 million	18	59	15	8
42	Gar Tootelian, Inc.	$65-99 million	70	29	0	1
43	G.S. Long Co., Inc.	$65-99 million	72	27	0	1
44	CPI (Cooperative Producers, Inc.)	$65-99 million	23	60	11	6
45	Cooperative Elevator Co.	$65-99 million	16	68	13	3
46	Ceres Solutions Inc.	$65-99 million	28	50	14	8
47	Ag Partners LLC	$65-99 million	22	50	23	5
48	Fertizona	$65-99 million	45	45	10	0
49	Griffin Fertilizer Co.	$65-99 million	29	71	0	0
50	Mid Kansas Cooperative	$65-99 million	24	55	13	8
51	The Dune Co.	$65-99 million	38	59	0	3
52	Carolina Eastern-Vail Inc.	$65-99 million	12	76	5	7
53	Home Oil Co.	$65-99 million	31	27	34	8
54	Asmus Farm Supply, Inc.	$65-99 million	73	17	10	0
55	Country Visions Coop	$65-99 million	14	52	25	9
56	Wilco-Winfield LLC	$65-99 million	33	63	2	2
57	Farm Service Co-op	$65-99 million	19	60	14	7
58	United Prairie LLC	$65-99 million	24	56	15	5
59	Lyman Group, Inc.	$65-99 million	45	47	8	0
60	Sur-Gro Plant Food	$50-64 million	32	51	9	8
61	Stanislaus Farm Supply	$50-64 million	24	61	12	3
62	Willard Agri-Service	$50-64 million	21	69	0	10
63	Watonwan Farm Service	$50-64 million	30	28	22	20
64	First Cooperative Association	$50-64 million	27	54	13	6
65	Abell Corp.	$50-64 million	1	98	0	1
66	Mid-West Fertilizer, Inc.	$50-64 million	21	57	15	7
67	Mountain View Coop	$50-64 million	20	74	2	4
68	MaxYield Cooperative	$50-64 million	20	60	15	5
69	The DeLong Co., Inc	$50-64 million	13	56	23	8
70	Eldon C. Stutsman, Inc.	$50-64 million	13	74	5	8
71	Farm Service Inc.	$50-64 million	21	61	13	5
72	West Central Cooperative	$50-64 million	25	39	28	8
73	Cooperative Elevator Association	$25-49 million	15	57	24	4
74	Reynolds United Co-op	$25-49 million	36	40	20	4
75	AgRx	$25-49 million	33	59	1	7
76	EDC Ag Products	$25-49 million	3	91	4	2
77	Great Bend Coop	$25-49 million	33	46	12	9
78	Centennial Ag Supply	$25-49 million	28	65	1	6
79	Sims Fertilizer & Chemical	$25-49 million	94	6	0	0
80	Growers Fertilizer Corp.	$25-49 million	17	83	0	0
81	Consumers Co-op Association	$25-49 million	23	49	22	6
82	Panhandle Coop	$25-49 million	39	45	11	5
83	Green Valley Agricultural	$25-49 million	17	57	20	6
84	Pearl City Elevator, Inc.	$25-49 million	26	59	13	2
85	Northwest Ag Supply LLC	$25-49 million	68	19	9	4
86	Big Valley Ag	$25-49 million	52	48	0	0
87	Warner Fertilizer Co.	$25-49 million	8	78	10	4
88	J.B. Pearl Sales & Service, Inc.	$25-49 million	24	61	8	7
89	Delta Growers Association	$25-49 million	31	48	17	4
90	Allerton Supply Co.	Less than $25 million	25	62	6	7
91	Jay-Mar, Inc.	Less than $25 million	12	77	9	2
92	Short Lane Ag Supply	Less than $25 million	53	26	19	2
93	T H Agri-Chemicals, Inc.	Less than $25 million	95	3	1	1
94	Baltz Feed Co., Inc.	Less than $25 million	23	54	20	3
95	BEI Hawaii	Less than $25 million	30	70	0	0
96	Foster-Gardner, Inc.	Less than $25 million	45	55	0	0
97	The Mill	Less than $25 million	15	68	16	1
98	Woolsey Brothers Farm Supply Inc.	Less than $25 million	37	53	1	9
99	Smith Fertilizer & Grain	Less than $25 million	19	53	13	15
100	MPG Crop Services	Less than $25 million	69	25	3	3

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