DuPont and Monsanto virtually own the biotech-based seed market for U.S. corn, soybeans, wheat and cotton production.

IBP, ConAgra, Cargill, National Beef and Packerland control 83 percent of the U.S. beef packing industry.

Smithfield, IBP, ConAgra, Cargill, Farmland Industries and Hormel, control 75 percent of all U.S. pork slaughter.

Tyson Foods, Gold Kist, Perdue Farms, Pilgrim’s Pride, ConAgra and Continental Grain, grow and slaughter 58 percent of all U.S. broilers.

ADM, ConAgra, Cargill, and Cereal Foods own and operate 62 percent of all U.S. flour milling.

ADM, Cargill, A.E. Stanley and CPC Int’l. own 74 percent of the U.S. corn wet milling industry.

ADM, Cargill, Bunge, and AGP do 80 percent of all U.S. soybean crushing.

he proposed Cargill/Continental marriage, ADM, a joint venture between Bunge, ConAgra and Farmland, and an alliance between Cenex-Harvest States, ConAgra and Farmland control 60 percent of all U.S. grain export facilities.

Land O’ Lakes is the 14th largest hog factory