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COMPANIES WITH AG OPERATIONS IN THE FORTUNE 500, THOSE WHICH SHOULD BE
Source: Agri Marketing magazine

15 companies with a significant presence in agriculture were included in Fortune magazine's 2018 listing of the 500 largest U.S. corporations.

Those companies include ($billion revenues...% change...2017 ranking):

35. DowDuPont: $86...37%...47

49. Archer Daniel Midlands: $64...6%...48

73. Nationwide: $43...6%...66

97. CHS: $33...2%...96

76. Merck: $43...5%...78

80. Tyson Foods: $40...5%...80

84. TIAA/CREF: $36...(3%)...80

87. John Deere: $37...26%...102

122. Int'l FCStone: $27...6%...103

212. Land O'Lakes: $15...9%...216

325. Mosaic: $9...29%...381

335. AGCO: $9...13%...347

388. Tractor Supply Co.: $8...9%...391
455. Seaboard: $6...13%...481

The following companies would have made the list, but are either privately held or headquartered outside the U.S. (2018 revenues in U.S. $billion...change from 2017):

Cargill...$115...+4.5%

Koch Industries...$110...+10%

BASF...$70...+1.4%

Bunge...$46...even

Bayer...$40...even

CHN Industrial...$30...+11%

Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica...$20...+11%

Syngenta...$13...+8%

Nutrien...$20...+11%

The five largest U.S. based companies in 2017 were ($ billions...% change):

1. Walmart: $514...+3%

2. Exxon Mobil: $290...+19%

3. Apple: 286...+16%

4. Berkshire Hathaway: $248...+2%

5. Amazon: $233...+31%


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