CHS Inc. is a Fortune 100 business owned by United States agricultural cooperatives, farmers, ranchers, and thousands of preferred stock holders. Based in Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota, it owns and operates various food processing and wholesale, farm supply, Cenex brand fuel, financial services and retail businesses, and is a co-owner of Ventura Foods, a vegetable oil processor. It is ranked 1st on the National Cooperative Bank Co-op 100 list of mutuals and cooperatives (ranked by 2012 revenue), and 96th (by 2017 revenue) in the Fortune 500 2018 list of United States corporations.

The Monsanto Company (/m?n?sænto?/) was an American agrochemical and agricultural biotechnology corporation founded in 1901. In 2018, it was acquired by Bayer as part of its crop science division. It was headquartered in Creve Coeur, Missouri. Monsanto developed Roundup, a glyphosate-based herbicide, in the 1970s, and became a major producer of genetically engineered crops. Monsanto was one of four groups to introduce genes into plants in 1983,[2] and was among the first to conduct field trials of genetically modified crops in 1987. It was one of the top 10 US chemical companies until it divested most of its chemical businesses between 1997 and 2002, through a process of mergers and spin-offs that focused the company on biotechnology. Monsanto was one of the first companies to apply the biotechnology industry business model to agriculture, using techniques developed by biotech drug companies.[3]:2–6 In this business model, companies recoup R&D expenses by exploiting biological patents.[4][5][6][7] Monsanto’s roles in agricultural changes, biotechnology products, lobbying of government agencies, and roots as a chemical company, resulted in controversies. The company once manufactured controversial products such as the insecticide DDT, PCBs, Agent Orange, and recombinant bovine growth hormone. Its seed patenting model was criticized as biopiracy and a threat to biodiversity[8][9] as invasive species. [10] In September 2016, Bayer announced its intent to acquire Monsanto for US$66 billion. After gaining US and EU regulatory approval, the sale was completed on June 7, 2018.[11] The company ranked 199th on the 2018 Fortune 500 of the largest United States corporations by revenue.[12] In May 2019, Bayer was ordered by a California jury to pay US$2 billion in damages to a Livermore couple, for Monsanto’s Roundup product, containing glyphosate, that couple said had caused their development of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

Oregon Truffle Traders offers fresh Oregon White Truffles and fresh Oregon Black Truffles, seasonally. The company also produces some of the best all-natural truffle butter in the country.

Oregon Truffle Traders forages for its truffles on private land in the Willamette Valley, with permission from property owners. The company’s foraging incorporates ecological and sustainable methods intended to harvest truffles gently while leaving as little trace as possible. Holes are covered back up with dirt and duff, leaving intact the precious ecosystem that is the forest floor, and harvesting locations are rotated so no one location is over-hunted, helping to ensure long lasting truffle producing habitats.