Athenix is a leader in agricultural and industrial biotechnology. We are a company of highly motivated, uniquely skilled people. We have rapidly built the infrastructure necessary to discover new genes and to develop them into products that meet real customer needs.Athenix is committed to improving crop productivity, to delivering innovative products to farmers and to securing a sufficient supply of food, feed, fiber and biofuel for a growing world population.Saying a type of corn is transgenic doesn't mean that it likes to dress up as a soybean, but Athenix can explain all that later. The company develops enhanced plants, microbes, enzymes, and processes. It produces genes and proteins with traits such as insect and nematode resistance and herbicide tolerance, as well as developing transgenic plants for increased crop production. Athenix sells its genes, proteins, transgenic organisms, and other biological goodies to scientists involved in other life-sciences sectors, including those who develop agricultural and specialty chemicals, feed and seed, and energy production. The company was acquired by Bayer CropScience in 2009.

Atlas South Sea Pearl has earned an enviable reputation as a world leading producer of "nature's most precious gift" the South Sea pearl. Famed for their size, lustre and beauty, Atlas has been farming these living gems since 1992 and is justifiably proud of the quality of pearls that has resulted from 15 years of experience. Through the Indonesian subsidiary, PT Cendana Indopearls, Atlas operates pearl farms spread across the Indonesian archipelago including Bali, Lombok and West Papua. Having invested heavily in research and development, human resources, community relations and technology transfer, Atlas has ensured its place as a leader in the pearling industry.Atlas is a specialist in producing white, silver and gold South Sea pearls. Their international team of scientists and research students has been working at the farms to guarantee the best quality of grown pearls. Through a dedicated approach to research and quality control, Atlas has achieved a world first in producing pearls of consistent colour and beauty. Over 98% of all pearls harvested are white or silver with hints of pink and blue and a lustrous finish of finest quality, a feat unmatched by any other producer of this queen of gems.

For over 70 years, Grady Auvil led Auvil Fruit Company to be one of the pioneers in the growing and merchandising of apples in the Pacific Northwest. Best known among growers for his innovative production practices, much of Grady's success rested on a shrewd sense of market opportunities.For instance, noting the vast amount of red apples on the market, Grady introduced the Granny Smith to Washington State. The result was history. In all of Grady's ventures the company was guided by a basic policy: to deliver superior dessert quality fruit to consumers. With boundless enthusiasm, Grady encouraged his fellow growers to adopt this policy. What distinguished Grady was that he saw this goal in terms of the whole process of production and marketing, from selecting varieties to the check-out counter. In doing so he moved the entire Washington apple industry one step closer to perfection.

As one of the world's largest poultry-breeding operations, Aviagen knows that the egg probably came first, but it's chicks that sell best. Comprised of two units (broiler/breeder and turkey), Aviagen sells day-old parent and grandparent chicks for the production of commercial chicken broilers and turkeys. Its chicken brands include Arbor Acres, L.I.R., and Ross; its turkey brands are Nicholas and British United Turkeys (B.U.T.) The company also offers biosecurity programs for poultry operations that designed to keep pathogens out of the food chain. Aviagen has customers worldwide and is owned by the privately owned German holding company, the EW GROUP.

AWB Limited markets wheat and other grains grown on farms Down Under. AWB's activities include the pooling, marketing, trading, financing, risk and logistical management of wheat. Other crops that it handles include include barley, sorghum, and oilseeds and its seeds division provides seed for those crops. AWB made the transition from government-owned to farmer-owned in 1999 and is now a publicly traded company, although it continues to be monitored by the Wheat Export Authority. AWB also owns rural-services company, Landmark, which operates some 400 retail supply outlets for Australian farmers. AWB's other operations include wool marketing services and fertilizer production.

AzTx Cattle is one mooving company. As one of the nation's largest independent cattle-feeding operations, the company's five feedlots, (three in Texas and one each in Colorado and Kansas) have a total capacity to feed approximately 265,000 head of cattle. AzTx Cattle also provides its customers with feeder-cattle procurement, cattle preconditioning, veterinary services, as well as partnering, risk management, and marketing services. Is division, The Access Group, offers financing. The company, founded in 1983, is owned and operated by the founding Josserand family.

Here it is in a nutshell -- BALSU USA specializes in nuts from faraway places. The company processes hazelnuts in its temperature-controlled factory and storage facilities in Turkey and ships them to the US for distribution. (Turkey is a world-leading supplier of hazelnuts, also known as filberts.) BALSU USA was founded in 1993 to serve the North American market. The company's regular and organic hazelnuts are available in the following forms -- natural, dry-roasted, blanched, and diced kernels, as well as in paste and meal form. Headquartered in Bay Harbor Islands, Florida, BALSU USA is part of the Turkish hazelnut company, Balsu Gida Sanayii A.S.

Barkley Seed has sowing possibilities. The firm supplies grain seeds, mainly wheat and barley. Its seed varieties are adapted to five growing regions in the US -- the Central Plains, East, Northern Plains, Northwest, and Southwest -- depending on customer location. Choosing not to sell on the retail market, Barkley focuses on the research and development of identity-preserved seed varieties (those that maintain their genetic makeup). R&D is largely funded through royalties, which are generated from seed sales to licensed growers. Barkley licenses growers nationwide and operates facilities in Arizona and California. In 2009 it sold WestBred, its indirectly owned wheat germplasm unit, to biotech giant Monsanto.

Our goal since 1925 has been to consistently deliver the finest quality fresh mushrooms to our customers, with the most intense focus on lightning-fast service in the industry. This intense focus on quality and service is legendary among our long-time customers. We are now growing-packing-shipping over a million pounds per week, of every variety of mushroom available.

Battle Creek Farmers Coop N/S, is a locally owned farm supply and marketing cooperative. It was established in Battle Creek, Nebraska as a Creamery in 1929. Today the company is controlled by approximately 900 agricultural producers throughout a 10 county area in Northeast Nebraska. A base of approximately 5200 customers indicates a strong presence in the area.Facilities include two sites in Battle Creek, Pierce, Plainview, Bloomfield, Osmond, Ewing, Neligh, Oakdale, Orchard, Newman Grove, and Madison. There are approximately 100 full-time and part-time employees. Despite the wide range of facilities, the company maintains local pride in each facility. Customers are assured that their location manager has the tools and authority to exceed expected customer satisfaction. The company has primarily 5 business units: Grain, Feed, Agronomy, Energy, and Transportation.

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