CropLife Top 100

2016 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	34	43	18	5
2	Helena Chemical Co.	More than $1 billion	42	35	19	4
3	GROWMARK, Inc.	More than $1 billion	18	54	19	9
4	Wilbur-Ellis Co.	More than $1 billion	46	40	8	6
5	Pinnacle Agriculture Holdings	More than $1 billion	46	30	19	5
6	CHS	More than $1 billion	26	51	18	5
7	Simplot Grower Solutions	More than $1 billion	41	52	4	3
8	Southern States Co-op	$201 million - $1 billion	19	59	17	5
9	MFA Inc.	$201 million - $1 billion	25	50	19	6
10	Tennessee Farmers Cooperative	$201 million - $1 billion	25	55	20	0
11	Aurora Cooperative	$201 million - $1 billion	46	39	8	7
12	South Dakota Wheat Growers	$201 million - $1 billion	22	47	22	9
13	Central Valley Ag Cooperative	$201 million - $1 billion	25	57	11	7
14	Co-Alliance LLP	$201 million - $1 billion	22	56	17	5
15	Agri-AFC, LLC	$201 million - $1 billion	21	64	13	2
16	Hefty Seed Co.	$201 million - $1 billion	65	7	28	0
17	Landus Cooperative	$201 million - $1 billion	22	53	19	6
18	The Equity	$101-200 million	26	55	18	1
19	The McGregor Co.	$101-200 million	42	49	4	5
20	Valley Agronomics LLC	$101-200 million	44	46	6	4
21	BRANDT	$101-200 million	23	53	19	5
22	Buttonwillow Warehouse Co.	$101-200 million	45	51	3	1
23	The Andersons, Inc.	$101-200 million	20	70	5	5
24	Mid Valley Ag Service, Inc.	$101-200 million	54	45	1	0
25	United Cooperative	$101-200 million	16	52	28	4
26	Heartland Co-op	$101-200 million	26	49	16	9
27	Frontier Cooperative Co.	$101-200 million	12	60	9	19
28	North Central Farmers Elevator	$101-200 million	19	44	30	6
29	West Central Ag Services	$101-200 million	32	42	24	2
30	Diamond R. Fertilizer Co., Inc.	$101-200 million	43	55	2	0
31	Kova Fertilizer	$101-200 million	27	64	4	5
32	Twin-State Inc.	$101-200 million	27	54	12	7
33	Land View, Inc.	$101-200 million	27	63	5	5
34	Van Horn Inc.	$101-200 million	28	44	22	6
35	Landmark Services Cooperative	$101-200 million	15	61	18	6
36	Allied Cooperative	$101-200 million	12	72	13	3
37	GFG Ag Services	$101-200 million	38	42	14	6
38	Central Farm Service	$101-200 million	33	30	28	9
39	Tremont Group Inc.	$101-200 million	47	52	1	0
40	Star of the West Milling Co.	$66-100 million	19	58	15	8
41	River Valley Cooperative	$66-100 million	26	57	10	7
42	G.S. Long Co., Inc.	$66-100 million	73	27	0	0
43	Gar Tootelian, Inc.	$66-100 million	72	26	1	1
44	Ag Partners LLC	$66-100 million	19	45	24	12
45	Ceres Solutions Inc.	$66-100 million	28	50	14	8
46	Frenchman Valley Co-op	$66-100 million	27	53	6	14
47	Fertizona	$66-100 million	45	45	10	0
48	CPI (Cooperative Producers, Inc.)	$66-100 million	26	58	9	7
49	Mid Kansas Cooperative	$66-100 million	25	50	15	10
50	Heritage Cooperative	$66-100 million	25	39	28	8
51	Asmus Farm Supply, Inc.	$66-100 million	77	14	9	0
52	Home Oil Co.	$66-100 million	31	27	34	8
53	Carolina Eastern-Vail Inc.	$66-100 million	14	68	11	7
54	Cooperative Elevator Co.	$66-100 million	21	59	16	4
55	The Dune Co.	$66-100 million	40	57	0	3
56	Lyman Group, Inc.	$66-100 million	48	44	8	0
57	Farm Service Co-op	$66-100 million	19	60	14	7
58	United Prairie LLC	$66-100 million	24	56	15	5
59	Sur-Gro Plant Food	$51-65 million	32	50	9	9
60	Mid-West Fertilizer, Inc.	$51-65 million	24	53	14	9
61	Stanislaus Farm Supply	$51-65 million	24	61	12	3
62	Griffin Fertilizer Co.	$51-65 million	30	70	0	0
63	Wilco-Winfield LLC	$51-65 million	32	62	3	3
64	Country Visions Coop	$51-65 million	17	46	28	9
65	First Cooperative Association	$51-65 million	27	54	13	6
66	MaxYield Cooperative	$51-65 million	26	51	17	6
67	Abell Corp.	$51-65 million	1	98	0	1
68	Willard Agri-Service	$51-65 million	22	67	0	11
69	Farm Service Inc.	$51-65 million	21	61	13	5
70	Cooperative Farmers Elevator	$26-50 million	15	57	24	4
71	Eldon C. Stutsman, Inc.	$26-50 million	15	70	6	9
72	Northwest Ag Supply LLC	$26-50 million	75	17	6	9
73	Mountain View Coop	$26-50 million	21	71	2	6
74	Reynolds United Co-op	$26-50 million	36	40	20	4
75	The DeLong Co., Inc	$26-50 million	14	60	16	10
76	AgRx	$26-50 million	33	59	1	7
77	Sims Fertilizer & Chemical	$26-50 million	92	6	1	1
78	Great Bend Coop	$26-50 million	36	44	11	9
79	Centennial Ag Supply	$26-50 million	28	66	0	6
80	Consumers Co-op Association	$26-50 million	23	49	22	6
81	EDC Ag Products	$26-50 million	5	91	3	1
82	Panhandle Coop	$26-50 million	39	45	11	5
83	Green Valley Agricultural	$26-50 million	20	57	18	5
84	Pearl City Elevator, Inc.	$26-50 million	26	59	13	2
85	Big Valley Ag	$26-50 million	52	48	0	0
86	J.B. Pearl Sales & Service, Inc.	$26-50 million	30	55	8	7
87	Short Lane Ag Supply	$26-50 million	54	21	23	2
88	Warner Fertilizer Co.	$26-50 million	10	70	13	7
89	Growers Fertilizer Corp.	$26-50 million	18	82	0	0
90	Delta Growers Association	Less than $25 million	33	43	19	5
91	Jay-Mar, Inc.	Less than $25 million	14	72	12	2
92	Allerton Supply Co.	Less than $25 million	28	55	7	10
93	T H Agri-Chemicals, Inc.	Less than $25 million	95	4	0	1
94	Baltz Feed Co., Inc.	Less than $25 million	23	54	20	3
95	Smith Fertilizer & Grain	Less than $25 million	14	29	10	47
96	BEI Hawaii	Less than $25 million	30	70	0	0
97	The Mill	Less than $25 million	20	64	12	4
98	Foster-Gardner, Inc.	Less than $25 million	45	55	0	0
99	Valley Ag Supply	Less than $25 million	33	48	10	9
100	Woolsey Brothers Farm Supply Inc.	Less than $25 million	43	44	2	11

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Greystone Construction built the tension membrane fertilizer storage building (left) and steel seed treater building (right)

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