15 companies with a significant presence in agriculture were included in Fortune magazine’s 2020 listing of the 500 largest U.S. corporations.
Those companies include (2020 $billion revenues…% change…2019 ranking):
51. Archer Daniel Midlands: $64…even…54
65. Merck: $48…3%…69
73. Tyson Foods: $43…2%…79
76. Nationwide: $42…(5%)…74
79. TIAA/CREF: $42…3%…81
88. John Deere: $36…(10%)…84
103. CHS: $28…(11%)…105
219. Land O’Lakes: $14…even…232
214. Corteva Agriscience: $14…3%…234
291. Tractor Supply Co.: $11…27%…380
331. AGCO: $9…1%…350
346. Mosaic: $9…(3%)…356
366. The Andersons: $8…even…390
406. Seaboard: $7…4%…444
431. Zoetis: $7…7%…new to the listing
The following companies would have made the list, but are either privately held or headquartered outside the U.S. (2020 revenues in U.S. $ billions…% revenue change from 2019):
Koch Industries…$119…+8%
Cargill…$115…1%
BASF…$71…6%
Bunge…$41…(11%)
Bayer…$49…+2%
CHN Industrial…$27…(7%)
Boehringer Ingelheim…$23…+15%
Syngenta…$23…+5%
Nutrien…$21…+5%
The five largest U.S. based companies were (2020 revenues in U.S. $ billions…% change from 2019):
1. Walmart: $559…+7%
2. Amazon: $386…+38%
3. Apple: 275…+6%
4. CVS Health: $269…+8%
5. UnitedHealthGroup: 257…+6%
