The Andersons: grain, plant nutrients and renewable fuels
The Andersons' grain trade, plant nutrients, storage and ethanol businesses, with its operating model, customers and USD 11.009 billion in 2025 revenues.
The Andersons is a US group combining agricultural commodity trading, grain infrastructure, plant nutrients and renewable fuel production and merchandising.
United States · Listed company The Andersons Inc.
The Andersons Inc. is a listed US company that connects farm production with industrial demand. Its business is reported in two segments. Agribusiness covers commodity merchandising, terminal grain elevators and the manufacture and distribution of plant nutrients. Renewables produces and trades ethanol, along with its co-products and the feedstocks used to make renewable fuels. Together, the two segments place the company at the point where crops leave the farm and move into feed, food and energy markets.
This operating model links the grain market with feed and energy demand. Storage services, crop purchases and input sales are separate relationships, and each comes with its own commercial terms and quality requirements. A grower may deliver grain to an elevator, store crops there and buy plant nutrients from the same group, while a feed manufacturer or renewable fuel buyer deals with a quite different part of the business. Revenue therefore reflects far more than grain purchases alone.
Size of the business
In 2025 The Andersons reported USD 11.009 billion in sales and merchandising revenues for the group, of which approximately USD 8.260 billion came from Agribusiness.
Does the company only operate in grain?
No. Its activities also cover plant nutrients, ethanol and renewable feedstocks, so group revenue is not a measure of grain purchases alone.
How do receiving offers compare?
Quality specifications, transport, storage and drying charges and payment dates all count alongside the price. The headline crop price does not describe the full settlement.
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