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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.

Bunge Limited grinds it out. The company is a leading global soy and other oilseed processor, a leading South American fertilizer maker and provider, and, through subsidiary Bunge North America, a major US food and food ingredient processor. Its joint venture with DuPont (Solae), of which Bunge owns 28%, makes soy-based food ingredients. Bunge also processes canola seed, sunflower seed, wheat, and corn. Its fertilizer operations take place mainly through its interest in Brazil-based Fosfertil. The operation involves all stages of production, from the mining of phosphate-based raw materials to the selling of blended fertilizers.

C & D Fruit and Vegetable Company handles all southern vegetables. The company also markets Mexican produce in season. One of the finest grower/shipper operators in the Southeast, C & D operates field offices in major growing areas. We also maintain an office in Nogales to meet customer requirements from Mexico. From the southern tip of Florida to the eastern shore of Virginia, over 25 locations grow, pack and ship the freshest fruits and vegetables to our customers throughout the United States and Canada.For three decades the O'Brien family of C & D Fruit & Vegetable Company has taken the headaches out of produce buying. Known for consistent product quality and its tradition of dependability and service, C & D endures as a trusted leader in the perishables business.

actus Feeders, headquartered in Amarillo, Texas, has 10 large-scale cattle feedyards across the Texas High Plains & southwest Kansas. Since its founding in 1975, Cactus Feeders has grown into a $750 million company that employs about 500 people. Cactus Feeders is the world's largest cattle feeding operation. We buy cattle every day, so you can get more money for your cattle with Cactus Feeders. Employees own 40 percent of Cactus Feeders through our Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). Employee ownership means that each employee has a personal stake in the performance of the cattle and the success of Cactus Feeders. For our cattle feeding customers, this translates into a level of care and feeding for their cattle that only ownership can provide.

Which comes first, the chicken or the egg? At Cal-Maine Foods, it's the egg, and the company's 27 million laying hens can attest to that. It is one of the largest fresh shell egg producers in the US. Cal-Maine sells its eggs to US food retailers. It produces value-added specialty eggs (organic, Omega-3 enhanced, free range) that it sells under the Egg-Land's Best and Farmhouse labels. The company controls all aspects of the business, from hatching chicks, making feed, housing hens, and distributing eggs. Its operations include two breeding facilities, two hatcheries, five distribution centers, 19 feed mills, 37 shell-egg production operations, 26 pullet-growing facilities, and 31 processing and packing sites.

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