BayWa's roots are in Bavarian farming, but its interests are branching out. BayWa (pronounced bay-vah) is divided into several business units: agriculture (grain and oil fruit trading, fertilizers, insecticides, feed, seed, fresh fruit production); agricultural equipment (farm buildings, machinery, tools); building materials (building components and equipment); renewable energy products and services (wind and solar); do-it-yourself and garden centers (paint, hardware, tools, fixtures, plants, pet products); energy (gas stations, heating oil, lubricants, mineral oils); and other activities (auto dealerships). The company was founded in 1923 as Bavarian Trading Co. when it split from the Bavarian Savings & Loan.

Marvin and Linda Brown and their partners Ronnie and Pam Young, established BBI Produce, Inc. in 1990. Production of high quality strawberries and outstanding customer service have made them leaders in the Florida marketplace. With over 40 years of growing experience combined, BBI uses many innovations in production, packaging and shipping, thus allowing the company to remain on the leading edge. Under the "Berry Boss" brand, BBI delivers strawberries that have the look and taste customers demand.BBI Produce, Inc. sells and ships strawberries from Brown's and Young's own 425 acres, plus the fruit from selected independent growers in the Dover, Florida area, located near Plant City, the "Winter Strawberry Capital" of the world. Their customers appreciate the dedication and care given to all phases of production from planting in the field to final delivery.

For more than three decades, BC Hot House Foods Inc. has led the industry in perfecting the art of growing consistent, premium produce.In 1973, a group of greenhouse growers in British Columbia decided to pool their resources and called themselves the Western Greenhouse Growers Cooperative Association.Our products were an immediate success, which led to ongoing expansion. The association grew considerably over the years through new growers joining the co-op and existing growers expanding their greenhouses. In 1988, the Western Greenhouse Growers Cooperative Association merged with the Vancouver Island Greenhouse Growers Cooperative which created a consistent supply of fresh products that adhered to some of the highest quality standards in the produce industry. Today BC Hot House Foods Inc. is a leading North American company that offers a full line of greenhouse grown products across North America. While the company has changed over the past thirty years, the original mandate has remained the same – providing consumers with the very best quality hot house produce. The BC Hot House brand has become the preferred choice in the greenhouse industry.

Founded in 1967 with a registered capital of Baht 10 million, the Betagro Group began as a single entity, Betagro Company Limited, to produce and distribute animal feed. Its headquarters were originally located in Pom Prab, Bangkok, and its first feed mill in Prapadaeng, Samut Prakan province.From that time, Betagro has grown from strength to strength; beginning with the establishment of its first animal husbandry facility in Pak Chong, Nakhon Ratchasima province, comprising poultry and swine farming, feed mill and hatchery. Success of this venture was soon followed by the company’s expansion into the strategically located and resource rich province of Lop Buri. There, comprehensive production facilities that included feed production, hatchery, poultry and swine raising, fresh and frozen chicken processing, hygienic pork processing, and manufacturing of processed frozen SPF pork products, were soon to position Betagro as a leading conglomerate in the agro-industry.Today, the Betagro Group is recognised as being at the forefront of Thailand’s agro-industry and food business, engaged in animal feed production, livestock, and animal health products, and most importantly, high-quality, safe food products. Distributed to local and overseas markets, these leading, branded products respond to the diverse needs of consumers across the globe, reflecting Betagro’s guiding principle: "Let’s Make Life Better."

Blaine Larsen Farms harvests crops that will feed people and animals. The company, better known as Larsen Farms, grows, packs, and distributes potatoes under the Larsen Farms brand. It is one of the largest potato growers in the US and operates its potato farms and related facilities in Idaho, Colorado, and Nebraska. It serves retail and foodservice customers worldwide. The company also makes processed potato products (crushed, diced, dehydrated, flaked, and sliced), which it supplies to food manufacturers (including snack giant, Frito-Lay, and Pringles maker, Procter & Gamble). Larsen also grows alfalfa hay and sells it to livestock farmers as feed.

Established in 1989 Blanchard Valley Farmers Cooperative is a locally owned farmers' cooperative located in Findlay Ohio. BVFC has 13 locations including four agronomy stations, a farm and garden store, and two petroleum locations as well as two seasonal locations to service customers in the areas with grain.A cooperative is owned by the customers, so a membership to BVFC brings benefits such as voting rights and equity returns. BVFC has averaged a 5% increase through grain marketing and operates off of 1% of its total revenue the rest of which is turned over to the members. At BVFC we are proud to put our members first, and always will.

Blue Diamond® Growers is the world's largest tree nut processing and marketing company. Founded in 1910, the cooperative is celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2010. Blue Diamond® led the development of California's almond industry from a minor domestic specialty crop to the world leader in almond production and marketing. We continue to build markets and create new products, new uses, and new opportunities for members of Blue Diamond® Growers. Headquartered in Sacramento, California, approximately 3000 California almond growers deliver California almonds annually to their cooperative. The crop is marketed to all 50 states and more than 90 foreign countries, making almonds California's largest food export, and the sixth largest U.S. food export. The California crop is valued annually at over $2 billion dollars.

In 1868, Henry K Webster rented a small grist mill in Lawrence, Massachusetts, and started the H.K. Webster Company, a business that would grow into one of the largest feed manufacturing companies in the Northeast, Blue Seal Feeds.In the early days, the emphasis of the business was on supplying horse feed. That product line has grown to include feeds for dairy cattle, beef cattle, horses, sheep , goats, llamas, pigs, deer, dogs, cats, rabbits, wild birds, caged birds, poultry, herbivore zoo animals, and fish as well as products for the lawn and garden. Today, Blue Seal is a subsidiary of Muscatine Foods Corporation of Muscatine, Iowa. Headquartered in Londonderry, New Hampshire, the company operates nine manufacturing facilities throughout the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic United States. Blue Seal enjoys a well-earned reputation for high quality, consistent feed and outstanding customer service.

BOCM PAULS helps farmers with many mouths to feed. The company is one of the largest animal feed makers in the UK. Its Feedex Nutrition business produces pig feed; its Farmgate unit produces feed for cattle, poultry, and other livestock. Its Hickstead Feeds unit manufactures feed for horses, and its Marsdens Feeds produces specialty feeds for game birds and sport dogs. The company operates 16 feed mills. BOCM PAULS was founded in 1992 as a result of the the merger of BOCM Silcock and Pauls Agriculture. Management owns a majority of the company.

J.R. Brooks knew he had a better way to pack and ship tropical produce. And to prove this point, he rode a boxcar filled with his freshly grown Florida green-skinned avocados from Homestead, Florida to market in New York City.That was 1928.Today the company is headed up by his son, CEO Neal Palmer (Pal) Brooks and President Craig Wheeling.The firm has built a reputation as a premier supplier of tropical fruits and vegetables across North America.Key to this competitive edge is Brooks Tropicals' capability to harvest over 70% of what the firm sells, specializing in Caribbean Red and Caribbean Sunrise papayas, SlimCado avocados, starfruit or carambola, Persian limes and Uniq Fruit.

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