Grain, oilseeds, sugar, coffee and other agricultural commodities move from farm to mill through a small group of large trading houses and a long tail of regional players. These firms control storage, logistics, origination and risk management across continents. For farmers, processors, feed manufacturers and food companies, understanding who they are and how they operate is central to long term supply and offtake planning.
This overview highlights ten major agricultural commodity trading companies that shape global flows. It is not a ranking based on a single metric. It draws on publicly available information about revenue, volumes, and geographic reach. The goal is to give corporate readers a realistic reference point before they negotiate supply contracts, pre export facilities or structured trade finance.
Agro traders sit between growers and end users. On the origination side they buy from farmers, cooperatives and local aggregators, provide crop inputs and offer price risk management. On the demand side they supply crushers, feed mills, food manufacturers and retailers. They manage elevation, storage, freight, hedging and working capital across all these steps.
The largest groups can finance inventories across multiple regions, underwrite long haul freight and co invest in processing assets. Others specialize in particular crops such as soy, palm or sugar, or focus on specific basins like Brazil or the Black Sea. For many producers, these firms are both customers and lenders through pre finance and pre export structures.
Cargill is one of the largest privately held companies in the world, with a core business in agricultural trading, processing and logistics. It handles grains, oilseeds, cocoa, sugar and other soft commodities, and operates ports, silos, crush plants and feed mills across the globe.
ADM is a publicly listed agribusiness group focused on grain merchandising, oilseed crushing, starches, sweeteners and nutrition products. It is one of the core ABCD traders in global agriculture.
Bunge Global is a major grain and oilseed trader and processor. Following its merger with Viterra it is positioned as a leading crop trading and processing group with strong export capabilities from the Americas and other regions.
Louis Dreyfus Company is a long established merchant and processor of agricultural goods. It trades grains and oilseeds, sugar, cotton, coffee, rice and juice, and is active across more than one hundred countries.
COFCO International is the overseas agriculture business of COFCO Group, China’s state controlled food holding company. It has become one of the largest global traders of soy, grains and other agricultural commodities.
Olam Group through its Olam Agri business is a significant player in grains, oilseeds, rice, cotton and animal feed ingredients. It has strong positions in Africa and Asia.
Wilmar is a Singapore based agribusiness group focused on oil palm, edible oils, sugar and related products. It manages plantations, crushing, refining and branded consumer products as well as trading.
Amaggi is a Brazilian group focused on soy and other row crops. It is active in farming, origination, logistics and export, and is one of the largest private soy producers and traders in Brazil.
CHS is a United States farmer owned cooperative active in grains, oilseeds, energy and inputs. It runs export terminals, country elevators and processing plants, and acts as a major exporter of North American crops.
Viterra built a large footprint in grain and oilseed handling and marketing across Canada, Europe, South America and other regions. Following its combination with Bunge Global, its assets and teams now sit within that larger group.
Working with a large trader can stabilize flows and open access to financing, but it also concentrates counterparty and conduct risk. Before signing long term offtake or supply agreements, buyers and sellers should look beyond pricing formulas.
These factors have a direct impact on pricing, availability and reputational risk over the life of a contract, especially in tight markets.
Financely is not an agricultural trader. We sit alongside these flows on the capital side. Our focus is on helping producers, processors, trading houses and large buyers secure trade finance and working capital lines that are consistent with their contracts and risk profile.
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