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Top 100 Private | Food Service | Grocery | Beverage | Petroleum/Chemical | Industrial Gases | Agriculture/Food Processing | Wholesale/Retail | Manufacturing
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Top Agriculture & Food Processing Carriers
Current Rank | Company | Tractors |
---|---|---|
1 | Tyson Foods |
2,594 |
2 | Helena Agri-Enterprises |
2,546 |
3 | CHS Inc. |
1,398 |
4 | Prairie Farms Dairy |
1,120 |
5 | Mondelez International |
810 |
6 | Darling Ingredients |
803 |
7 | Wayne-Sanderson Farms |
740 |
8 | JBS Carriers |
699 |
9 | Foster Farms |
566 |
10 | J.R. Simplot Co. |
493 |
11 | Valley Proteins |
402 |
12 | Perdue Farms Inc. |
400 |
13 | Borden Dairy |
348 |
14 | McKee Foods Corp. |
346 |
15 | Bimbo Bakeries USA |
334 |
16 | Gilster-Mary Lee Corp. |
300 |
17 | Wilbur-Ellis |
288 |
18 | Goya Foods |
264 |
19 | Dairy Farmers of America |
255 |
20 | MFA Inc. |
224 |
21 | America's Service Line |
221 |
22 | Cargill Meat Logistics Solutions |
181 |
23 | Growmark |
166 |
24 | Co-Alliance Cooperative |
130 |
25 | BCT Inc. |
116 |
26 | Sunrise Transport |
95 |
27 | Castellini Co. |
92 |
28 | Upstate Niagara Cooperative |
77 |
29 | Umpqua Dairy Products Co. |
69 |
30 | MFPS Transport Inc. |
64 |
31 | ConAgra Foods |
50 |
32 | National Food Corp. |
30 |
33 | Mennel Milling |
22 |
33 | RWI Transportation |
22 |
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