
The Grain Majors for Sosland Publishing Co.'s 2022 Grain & Milling Annual comprise the top North American facility grain companies and cooperatives based on total corporate grain storage capacity.
To qualify for the Grain & Milling Annual list, companies must have two or more facilities and total storage capacity of at least 6 million bushels. in 2022, there were 103 such companies. The Top 10 companies each exceeded 150 million bushels of storage.
Total corporate storage capacity includes country elevators and may not necessarily equal the sum of individual facility capacities listed in the directory. Total corporate capacity also may include storage at processing plants, which may or may not be listed in the directory.
Total licensed grain storage capacity: 463,565850 bushels.
Total number of grain storage facilities: 383
Headquarters: Chicago, Illinois, US
Total licensed grain storage capacity: 403,010,500 bushels
Total number of grain storage facilities: 231
Headquarters: St. Paul, Minnesota, US
Total licensed grain storage capacity: 350,122,000 bushels
Total number of grain storage facilities: 106
Headquarters: Omaha, Nebraska, US
Total licensed grain storage capacity: 348,016,000 bushels
Total number of grain storage facilities: 196
Headquarters: Wayzata, Minnesota, US
Total licensed grain storage capacity: 276,101,000 bushels
Total number of grain storage facilities: 127
Headquarters: Mandeville, Iowa, US
Total licensed grain storage capacity: 187,214,075 bushels
Total number of grain storage facilities: 82
Headquarters: Maumee, Ohio, US
Total licensed grain storage capacity: 172,474,000 bushels
Total number of grain storage facilities: 58
Headquarters: Fort Dodge, Iowa, US
Total licensed grain storage capacity: 165,613,500 bushels
Total number of grain storage facilities: 78
Headquarters: Amarillo, Texas, US
Total licensed grain storage capacity: 164,856,000 bushels
Total number of grain storage facilities: 72
Headquarters: West Des Moines, Iowa, US
Total licensed grain storage capacity: 152,686,000 bushels
Total number of grain storage facilities: 56
Headquarters: Ames, Iowa, US
KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, US — These are the top 15 largest US milling companies, based on US mills and milling capacity as listed in Sosland Publishing Co.’s 2025 Grain & Milling Annual. The United States has 144 wheat, 16 durum and 12 rye mills. Total US daily milling capacity is 1,664,507 cwts, and the top 21 companies account for 96.3% of that capacity.
KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, US — The International Association of Operative Millers’ (IAOM) 129th Annual Conference & Expo will be April 29-May 1 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, US. Along with educational programming, committee meetings and networking opportunities, the event includes the expo.
The IAOM Expo features the hottest trends, materials, equipment, techniques and information under one roof. The exhibit floor offers the latest products and services.Following are products and services from World Grain advertisers that will be exhibiting at IAOM.