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Top 100 Private | Food Service | Grocery | Beverage | Petroleum/Chemical | Industrial Gases | Agriculture/Food Processing | Wholesale/Retail | Manufacturing
Equipment Rental | Building Materials | Waste Management | Paper/Office Products | Construction | Health Care | Uniform Rental | Media & Entertainment
Top Agriculture & Food Processing Carriers
Current Rank | Company | Tractors |
---|---|---|
1 | Tyson Foods |
2,594 |
2 | Helena Agri-Enterprises |
2,546 |
3 | CHS Inc. |
1,398 |
4 | Prairie Farms Dairy |
1,120 |
5 | Mondelez International |
810 |
6 | Darling Ingredients |
803 |
7 | Wayne-Sanderson Farms |
740 |
8 | JBS Carriers |
699 |
9 | Foster Farms |
566 |
10 | J.R. Simplot Co. |
493 |
11 | Valley Proteins |
402 |
12 | Perdue Farms Inc. |
400 |
13 | Borden Dairy |
348 |
14 | McKee Foods Corp. |
346 |
15 | Bimbo Bakeries USA |
334 |
16 | Gilster-Mary Lee Corp. |
300 |
17 | Wilbur-Ellis |
288 |
18 | Goya Foods |
264 |
19 | Dairy Farmers of America |
255 |
20 | MFA Inc. |
224 |
21 | America's Service Line |
221 |
22 | Cargill Meat Logistics Solutions |
181 |
23 | Growmark |
166 |
24 | Co-Alliance Cooperative |
130 |
25 | BCT Inc. |
116 |
26 | Sunrise Transport |
95 |
27 | Castellini Co. |
92 |
28 | Upstate Niagara Cooperative |
77 |
29 | Umpqua Dairy Products Co. |
69 |
30 | MFPS Transport Inc. |
64 |
31 | ConAgra Foods |
50 |
32 | National Food Corp. |
30 |
33 | Mennel Milling |
22 |
33 | RWI Transportation |
22 |
The Top 100 Private Carriers on this list operate their own trucks to carry freight and are ranked on the basis of the total number of highway tractors in the fleet. To be included in the Top 100 list, please send contact information to tteditor@ttnews.com. We will contact you via phone or e-mail to get information about your company prior to publication of the next Top 100 list.
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