First on the list of the top 10 largest agricultural companies in the world is Cargill, a privately owned US global food company based in Minnetonka, Minnesota, and registered in Wilmington, Delaware. Cargill is a family business, with more than 90% of the business being owned by the founder's descendants (the Cargill and MacMillan families).

Cargill employs more than 166,000 people in 66 countries and accounts for 25% of all U.S. grain exports. Cargill became the world's leading agricultural company with sales of $114.6 billion last year.

• Products: agricultural services, crops, and livestock; food, health, and pharmaceutical; industrial and financial risk management; raw materials.

Founded: 1865
Cargill Headquarters: Minnetonka, Minnesota, U.S.

Website:https://www.cargill.com/

Archer Daniels Midland took second place on the list of the world's largest agricultural companies. ADM is an American multinational food processing and merchandising company headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

ADM operates more than 270 plants and more than 420 crop production facilities worldwide. Here, grains and oil seeds are processed into products for use in the global food, beverage, nutraceutical, industrial, and animal feed markets. ADM's revenues reached $64.34 billion, making it one of the world's leading agricultural companies.

• Products: corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, feed, ethanol, bioenergy, and food.

Founded: 1902
ADM Headquarters: Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

Website: https://www.adm.com/

Third place on the list of the world's top 10 agricultural companiesbelongs to Bayer. Bayer is a German multinational pharmaceutical and life sciences company and one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world.

Bayer is also one of the world's leading crop producers, with more than 35 research centers and 175 kennels worldwide. In 2018, Bayer acquired Monsanto, a leading producer of genetically modified crops, for $63 billion. Bayer CropScience develops genetically modified crops and pesticides. Bayer earned $51.18 billion last year, making it one of the world's top agricultural companies.

• Products: veterinary drugs, diagnostic imaging, general and specialty medicines, women’s health products, over-the-counter drugs, (formerly) diabetic care, pesticides, seeds, and plant biotechnology.

Founded: 1863
Bayer Headquarters: Leverkusen, Germany

Website: https://www.bayer.com/en/

Ranked No. 4 on the list of the top 10agricultural companies in the world for 2020, John Deere is an American company that manufactures transmissions (axles, transmissions, and gearboxes) used in agricultural, construction, and forestry equipment, diesel engines, heavy machinery, and lawn care equipment.

John Deere agricultural products encompass tractors, combine harvesters, cotton harvesters, packers, seeders, silos, and sprayers. John Deere made $37.35 billion in sales last year, making it one of the top agricultural companies in the world in 2020.

• Products: agriculture, construction, forestry, consumer and commercial equipment, diesel engines, automobiles

CNH Industrial seizes 5th place in the list of the Top 10 Agricultural Companies in the World. CNH Industrial is an American-Italian multinational withoffices in Amsterdam and Basildon.

CNH Industrial designs and markets items for agriculturaland construction equipment (Case IH and New Holland brand families), trucks, commercial vehicles, buses, and specialty vehicles (Iveco), and powertrains for industrial and marine applications (FPT Industrial). CNH Industrial generated $28.1 billion in sales last year, making it one of the world's leading agricultural companies.

• Products: Agricultural Equipment, Construction Equipment, Trucks and Commercial Vehicles, Buses, Special Vehicles, Industrial and Marine Powertrains

Founded: 2012
CNH Industrial Headquarters: London, United Kingdom

Website: https://www.cnhindustrial.com/en-us/Pages/homepage.aspx

Syngenta comes in at #6 on the list of the top 10 agricultural companies in the world. Syngenta is a global agrochemical and seed company headquartered in Basel, Switzerland. Syngenta conducts genomic research.

Syngenta took third place in seed and biotech sales. Syngenta has eight major product lines that it develops, markets, and sells to markets around the world. The five pesticide product lines are selective herbicides, non-selective herbicides, fungicides, pesticides, and seed care products. The three seed product lines include corn and soybeans, as well as other crops and vegetables. Syngenta raised $23 billion last year.

• Products: pesticides, and seeds, and flowers

DuPont dominates the #7 spot on the list of the top 10 agricultural companies in the world. DuPont announced on August 31, 2017 that Dow Chemical and E.I. An American company formed through the merger of Du Pont de Nemours and Company and its successor subsidiaries, Dow Inc. and Corteva.

Before the merger, DuPont was the world's largest chemical company by revenue. The size of the merger is said to be about 130 billion dollars (about 130 trillion won). DuPont earned $21.5 billion, making it one of the world's leading agricultural companies.

Founded: 2017
DuPont Headquarters: Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.

Website: https://www.dupont.com/

Nutrien, ranked #8 on the list of the world's top 10 agricultural companies, is a Canadian fertilizer company headquartered in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

Nutriene is the world's largest producer of potassium fertilizers and the third-largest producer of nitrogen fertilizers. Nutrien's main competitors are Mosaic Company, Yara International ASA, CF Industries Holdings Inc., and other potassium, phosphate, and nitrogen producers such as K + S AG. Nutrien made $19.6 billion last year.

Yara International is ninth on the list of the top 10 agricultural companies in the world. Yara International is a Norwegian chemical company renowned for the production of nitrogen fertilizers, nitrates, ammonia, urea, and other nitrogen-based chemicals.

Yara International Agricultural Products contains fertilizers and solutions that contain all the nutrients needed by all crops.

• Products: Nitrogen fertilizers, nitrates

Toplist completes the list of the top 10 agricultural companies in the world with BASF. BASF is a German multinational chemical company and the world's largest chemical manufacturer.

BASF subsidiaries and joint ventures are located in more than 80 countries and operate six integrated manufacturing plants and 390 other manufacturing plants in Europe, Asia, Australia, America, and Africa. BASF received $6.8 billion last year, making it one of the largest agricultural companies in the world.

• Products: chemicals, plastics, performance chemicals, catalysts, coatings, crop technology, crude oil, and natural gas exploration and production.

Founded: 1865
BASF Headquarters: Ludwigshafen, Germany

Website: https://www.basf.com/us/en.html