Top 100 Largest Agricultural Cooperatives – rank, name ...

1 Top 100 Largest Agricultural Cooperatives rank, name, type, total business volume and total assets, 2014 and 2013. 2014 2013 2014 2013 2014 2013. Business Business volume volume Total assets Total assets Rank Rank Name Type ($ billions) ($ billions) ($ billions) ($ billions). Mixed (Energy, Supply, 1 1 CHS Inc. Food,. Grain) Inver Grove Heights, Minn. 2 3 Dairy Farmers of America Dairy Kansas City, Mo. Mixed (Supply, Dairy, 3 2 Land O'Lakes Inc. Food) Saint Paul, Minn. 4 4 GROWMARK Inc. Supply Bloomington, Ill. 5 5 Ag Processing Inc. Mixed (Supply, Grain) Omaha, Neb. 6 6 California Dairies Inc. Dairy Artesia, Calif. 7 7 United Suppliers Inc. Supply Eldora, Iowa 8 10 Northwest Dairy Association Dairy Seattle, Wash. 9 Name withheld by request 10 12 Associated Milk Producers Inc. Dairy New Ulm, Minn. 11 9 Southern States cooperative Inc. Supply Richmond, Va. 12 13 Foremost Farms USA, cooperative Dairy Baraboo, Wis. 13 15 Prairie Farms Dairy Inc. Dairy Carlinville, Ill.

2 14 Name withheld by request 15 17 Ocean Spray Cranberries Inc. Fruit Lakeville-Middleboro, Mass. 16 27 Producers Livestock Other (Livestock) Omaha, Neb. South Dakota Wheat Growers 17 11 Association Mixed (Grain, Supply) Aberdeen, 18 21 MFA Oil Company Supply Columbia, Mo. Maryland & Virginia Milk 19 20 Producers Co-op Association Dairy Reston, Va. Mixed (Supply, Grain, 20 19 MFA Incorporated Livestock) Columbia, Mo. 21 25 Blue Diamond Growers Other (Nut) Sacramento, Calif. 22 18 American Crystal Sugar Company Sugar Moorhead, Minn. 23 - United Producers Inc. Other (Livestock) Columbus, Ohio 24 32 Sunkist Growers Inc. Fruit Valencia, Calif. 25 22 Riceland Foods Inc. Other (Rice) Stuttgart, Ark. Michigan Milk Producers 26 34 Association Dairy Novi, Mich. 27 35 Agri-Mark Inc. Dairy Lawrence, Mass. 28 39 Select Milk Producers Inc. Dairy Artesia, 29 44 United Dairymen of Arizona Dairy Tempe, Ariz. 30 24 Heartland Co-op Mixed (Grain, Supply) West Des Moines, Iowa cooperative Regions of Organic 31 37 Producer Pools (CROPP) Dairy La Farge, Wis.

3 32 28 Co-Alliance, LLP Mixed (Supply, Grain) Avon, Ind. 33 38 Snake River Sugar Company Sugar Boise, Idaho Plains Cotton cooperative 34 31 Association Other (Cotton) Lubbock, Texas 35 26 Innovative Ag Services Co. Mixed ( Grain, Supply) Monticello, Iowa Aurora cooperative Elevator 36 30 Company Mixed (Supply, Grain) Aurora, Neb. 37 36 Farmers Grain Terminal Inc. Grain Greenville, Miss. 38 42 Lone Star Milk Producers Inc. Dairy Windthorst, Texas Staple Cotton cooperative 39 29 Association Other (Cotton) Greenwood, Miss. 40 47 Upstate Niagara cooperative Inc. Dairy Buffalo, 41 43 Farmers cooperative Mixed (Grain, Supply) Dorchester, Neb. 42 23 Farmers cooperative Company Mixed (Grain, Supply) Ames, Iowa 43 33 cooperative Producers Inc. Mixed (Grain, Supply) Hastings, Neb. 44 50 Central Valley Ag cooperative Mixed (Grain, Supply) O'Neill, Neb. Equity cooperative Livestock Sales 45 60 Association Other (Livestock) Baraboo, Wis. 46 Name withheld by request 47 45 Tennessee Farmers cooperative Supply La Vergne, Tenn.

4 48 54 Tillamook County Creamery Assoc. Dairy Tillamook, Ore. 49 58 First District Association Dairy Litchfield, Minn. 50 41 West Central cooperative Mixed (Grain, Supply) Ralston, Iowa 51 46 NEW cooperative Inc. Mixed (Grain, Supply) Fort Dodge, Iowa 52 81 Hopkinsville Elevator Company Inc. Grain Hopkinsville, Ky. 53 48 Trupointe cooperative Mixed (Grain, Supply) Piqua, Ohio Citrus World Inc. (Florida's Natural 54 59 Growers) Fruit Lake Wales, Fla. 55 49 United Farmers cooperative Grain York, Neb. 56 87 Continental Dairy Products Inc. Dairy Artesia, 57 57 United cooperative Mixed (Supply, Grain) Beaver Dam, Wis. 58 61 Louisiana Sugar Cane Products Inc. Sugar Breaux Bridge, La. 59 Name withheld by request 60 66 NFO Inc. Dairy Ames, Iowa Mixed (Grain, 61 53 Frenchman Valley Farmers cooperative Inc. Supply) Imperial, Neb. Mixed (Supply, Grain, Fish, 62 63 Alabama Farmers cooperative Inc. Cotton) Decatur, Ala. Fruit &. 63 71 Pacific Coast Producers Vegetable Lodi, Calif.

5 64 56 Heritage cooperative Inc. Grain West Mansfield, Ohio Other 65 64 Producers Rice Mill Inc. (Rice) Stuttgart, Ark. Mixed (Grain, 66 52 Sunrise cooperative Inc. Supply) Fremont, Ohio 67 79 Ray-Carroll County Grain Growers Inc. Grain Richmond, Mo. 68 80 Horizon Resources Supply Williston, 69 84 Mid-Kansas cooperative Association Grain Moundridge, Kan. 70 91 Bongards Creameries Dairy Bongards, Minn. 71 - Sunrise Ag Service Company Mixed (Supply, Grain). Virginia, Ill. Mixed (Grain, 72 68 River Valley cooperative Supply) Eldridge, Iowa Mixed (Grain, 73 51 Watonwan Farm Service Company Supply) Truman, Minn. 74 70 Farmway Co-op Inc. Grain Beloit, Kan. 75 82 West Central Ag Services Grain Ulen, Minn. 76 62 Michigan Sugar Company Sugar Bay City, Mich. Mixed (Grain, 77 76 New Vision cooperative Supply) Worthington, Minn. Mixed (Supply, 78 72 Landmark Services cooperative Grain) Cottage Grove, Wis. Mixed (Grain, 79 99 Gateway FS Inc. Supply) Red Bud, Ill.

6 80 69 Meadowland Farmers cooperative Grain Lamberton, Minn. 81 Name withheld by request 82 95 Swiss Valley Farms cooperative Dairy Davenport, Iowa 83 85 Premier cooperative Inc. Grain Champaign, Ill. 84 - Saint Albans cooperative Creamery Inc. Dairy Saint Albans, Vt. Mixed (Grain, 85 74 Farmers cooperative Society Supply) Sioux Center, Iowa Mixed (Supply, 86 86 Harvest Land Co-op Grain) Richmond, Ind. 87 Name withheld by request 88 Name withheld by request 89 100 Tree Top Inc. Fruit Selah, Wash. Other 90 - Producers Livestock Marketing Association (Livestock) N. Salt Lake, Utah Mixed (Grain, 91 73 First cooperative Association Supply) Cherokee, Iowa Mixed 92 67 Key cooperative (Grain, Supply). Roland, Iowa 93 - Sun-Maid Growers of California Fruit Kingsburg, Calif. 94 65 Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar cooperative Sugar Renville, Minn. Mixed (Grain, 95 89 Five Star cooperative Supply) New Hampton, Iowa Mixed (Grain, 96 75 Gold-Eagle cooperative Supply) Goldfield, Iowa 97 - Effingham Equity Supply Effingham, Ill.

7 Mixed (Poultry, 98 - Moroni Feed Company/Norbest Supply) Moroni, Utah 99 - Agriland FS Inc. Supply Winterset, Iowa Mixed (Grain, 100 78 Frontier Ag Inc. Supply) Oakley, Kan. 1. Names withheld by request for the Cooperatives ranked 9, 14, 46, 59, 81, 87, and 88. 2. Total business volume is the sum of total sales, service receipts, patronage income and non-operating income. In previous years this was listed as total revenues (may include inter- cooperative business volume). NOTE: The dash (-) denotes that the cooperative was not in the Top 100 in 2013.