5 companies with a significant presence in agriculture were included in Fortune magazine’s 2019 listing of the 500 largest U.S. corporations.
Those companies include ($billion revenues…% change from their 2018 ranking):
54. Archer Daniel Midlands: $65…0.5%…49
69. Merck: $47…10.7%…76
74. Nationwide: $44…1.6%…73
79. Tyson Foods: $42…5.9%…80
81. TIAA/CREF: $40…(1.5%)…79
84. John Deere: $39…5.1%…87
100. Int’l FCStone: $33…19.1%…112
105. CHS: $32…(2.4)…97
232. Land O’Lakes: $14…(7)%…212
234. Corteva Agriscience: $14…new to the list
350. AGCO: $9…(3.3%)…335
356. Mosaic: $9…(7.1%)…325
380. Tractor Supply Co.: $8…6%…388
390. The Andersons: $8…168%…new to the list
444 Seaboard: $7…4%…455
The following companies would have made the list, but are either privately held or headquartered outside the U.S. (2019 revenues in U.S. $ billions…change from 2018):
Cargill…$113…(2)%
Koch Industries…$110…+10%
BASF…$66…(12%)
Bunge…$46…even
Bayer…$48…+20%
CHN Industrial…$28…(7%)%
Boehringer Ingelheim…$20…+11%
Syngenta…$13…even
Nutrien…$20…+2%
The five largest U.S. based companies were (2019 revenues in U.S. $ billions…% change from 2018):
1. Walmart: $523…+1%
2. Amazon: $280…+21%
3. Exxon Mobil: $265…(9%)
4. Apple: 280…(2%)
5. CVSHealth: $257…+32%
