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Stewart Grain acts as a steward of grain collection, processing, and marketing for midwestern US farmers. The family-owned company processes and sells at wholesale prices corn, beans, and wheat from four grain elevator locations in Illinois and Indiana. Its facilities have the capacity to handle more than a million bushels of grain, and it has access to three local railroads, which transport harvested grain to and from the elevators. Stewart Grain was founded in 1922 by Bert Etchison (with original partners Joe Weaver and A.J. Miller). His grandson, Burton Etchison, has been the company's president and CEO since 1982.

How sweet it is. The Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida (SCGC) is a 54-member sugar farmers' cooperative that offers its members help with farms administration and offers agricultural and planting advice, as well as , harvesting, processing, and marketing operations for their more than 70,000 acres of sugarcane. The cooperative's member/growers produce more than 350,000 tons of raw cane sugar every year. SCGC is a joint-owner of American Sugar Refining (along with Florida Crystals), a top New York refiner that owns Domino Foods, producer of Domino branded sugar products.

As the largest producer of peat moss in North America, Sun Gro Horticulture Income Fund supplies everything but the sun to help plants grow. The company produces and distributes peat moss, peat-based and bark-based growing mixes, fertilizers, and agricultural minerals for commercial growers and home gardeners under various brand names including Sunshine, Nature's, Lakeland, and Black Gold. It also produces private- label growing mixes for large home and garden retailers such as Wal-Mart, Lowe's, and Home Depot. Sun Gro Horticulture Income Fund operates through Sun Gro Horticulture Canada and subsidiary businesses.

Sun World was established in early 1­976 as a packer and marketer of fresh fruits and vegetables. In the 1980s, consumption of fresh fruit and vegetables was on the rise and consumers were increasingly seeking better tasting, more conveniently available produce. As the market changed, so did Sun World. The Company exited the commodity fruit and vegetable business and became involved in the farming, packing and marketing of an extensive collection of specialty-branded produce.Sun World initiated a series of relationships with various research and academic organizations around the world, setting out on its quest to improve the flavor, color, texture and overall quality of specific fruits and vegetables.

Perhaps the US company least susceptible to an outbreak of scurvy among its employees, Sunkist Growers is an agricultural cooperative owned by California and Arizona citrus growers who farm some 300,000 acres. Sunkist offers traditional and organic fresh oranges, lemons, limes, grapefruit, and tangerines worldwide. The company also makes cut fruit in jars and juice. Fruit that doesn't meet fresh market standards is turned into juices, oils, and peels for use in food products made by other manufactures. Its customers include food retailers and manufacturers and foodservice operators.

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