In 1984, the editors of CropLife (then known as Farm Chemicals magazine) decided to celebrate the magazine’s 90th anniversary by showcasing the organizations that they covered: ag retailers. In a special issue that year, they compiled a list of the nation’s top dealerships and cooperatives. With this, what is now known as the CropLife 100, was born! Today, CropLife magazine has once again published its CropLife 100, a 40th anniversary of the original listing of the largest U.S. ag retailers ranked by sales.
 
Forty years ago, the sales range for the companies on the CropLife 100 was between $5 million and $80 million. In 2023, annual sales in the $80 million range would land an ag retailer in the mid-60s out of the 100 largest companies, with 59 ag retailers on the 2023 listings recording yearly sales of more than $100 million.
 
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