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Largest Agricultural Companies By Revenue
#1. Dole Foods
- The company is headquartered in Westlake Village, California.
- Dole Food produces and markets fruits and vegetables. The company markets bananas and pineapples, table grapes, apricots, stone fruits, pears, citrus, iceberg lettuce-based salad mixes, specialty lettuce salads, complete Caesar salads, broccoli florets, cauliflower florets.
- The company has an estimated annual revenue of $10.7 billion.
#2. Foster Farms
- The company is headquartered in Livingstone, California.
- Foster Farms runs hatcheries, ranches, feed mills, processing plants and also processes and distributes milk, butter, cottage cheese, sour cream, and ice cream through Foster Farms Diary (Crystal Creamery).
- The company has an estimated annual revenue of $4.5 billion.
#3. Wilbur-Ellis Co.
- The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
- Wilbur-Elis produces and markets agricultural products, animal feed and specialty chemicals and ingredients. Wilbur-Elis farming activities include the production of grains (corn, barley, hard red wheat, soft red wheat, soybean meal, corn gluten meal, sunflower meal, soy protein concentrate), specialty and organic products, fish meal and oils, animal and vegetable oils, poultry farming, swine, beef and dairy production.
- The company has an estimated annual revenue of $3 billion.
#4. JD Heiskell & Company
- The company is headquartered in Tulare, California.
- JD Heiskell & Company Inc. manufactures and distributes livestock feeds, grains and commodities.
- The company has an estimated annual revenue of $3 billion.
#5. Hilmar Cheese
- The company is headquartered in Hilmar, California.
- Hilmar specializes in cheese, whey protein and lactose manufacturing.
- The company has an estimated annual revenue of $2 billion.
Largest Agricultural Companies By EmployeesDole Foods
#1. Dole Foods
- The company is headquartered in Westlake Village, California.
- Dole Food produces and markets fruits and vegetables. The company markets bananas and pineapples, table grapes, apricots, stone fruits, pears, citrus, iceberg lettuce-based salad mixes, specialty lettuce salads, complete Caesar salads, broccoli florets, cauliflower florets.
- Dole Food has 36,000 employees.
#2. Taylor Farms
- The company is headquartered in Salinas, California.
- The company partners with farming families in the Salinas Valley to grow and distribute salads and vegetables.
- Taylor Farms has 20,000 employees.
#3. Foster Farms
- The company is headquartered in Livingstone, California.
- Foster Farms runs hatcheries, ranches, feed mills, processing plants and also processes and distributes milk, butter, cottage cheese, sour cream, and ice cream through Foster Farms Diary (Crystal Creamery).
- Foster Farms has 12,353 employees.
#4. Del Monte Foods
- The company is headquartered in Walnut Creek, California.
- Del Monte specializes in cultivating vegetables and fruits. Products the company grows are tomatoes, beans, corn, peas, carrots, potatoes, spinach, beets, asparagus, sauerkraut, zucchini, peaches, oranges, mangoes, pears, pineapple, cherry, grapefruit, apricot, berry.
- The company has 6,100 employees.
#5. Grimmway Farms
- The company is headquartered in Bakersfield, California.
- Grimmway Farm specializes in the production of carrots and organic vegetables like leeks, celery, sweet corn, green beans, onions, cauliflower, cabbage, fennel, bok choy, broccoli, cilantro, parsley, dill, daikon, parsnip, rutabagas, turnips, potatoes, beets, lettuce, spinach, kale, mustard greens, dandelion, chard, and arugula.
- The company has 4,000 employees.