RICELAND FOODS, INC.

Handling more than 125 million bushels of grain a year, Riceland Foods processes and markets the rice, soybeans, and wheat grown by its 6,000 member/owners, who farm in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Texas. One of the world’s largest rice millers, the agri cooperative sells white and brown rice, plus flavored rices and meal kits under the Riceland and private-label brands. The co-op sells to food retailers and food service and food manufacturing companies worldwide. Riceland also makes cooking oils and processes soybeans, bran, and lecithin, and offers rice bran and hulls to pet food makers and livestock farmers as feed and bedding.

PRODUCERS RICE MILL, INC.

Producers Rice Mill dries, mills, and markets more than 50 million bushels of rice each year, which it sells both domestically and overseas. The growers’ cooperative is one of the largest private-label producers of rice in the US, packaging more than 100 brands for the foodservice, retail, private label, export, and industrial industries. Its brands include ParExcellence, LeGourmet, Golden Harvest, Classic Grains, Granada, Mandalay, Bamboo 103, Calrose, and Thai Orchard. It also processes rice for animal feeds, such as Buck Grub deer feed and Equi-Jewel horse feed.

LENNOX INDUSTRIES INC.

Lennox International makes climate control equipment such as heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration (HVACR) units for residential and commercial uses. It sells furnaces, heat pumps, fireplaces, and air conditioners under such brands as Lennox, Armstrong Air, and Aire-Flo; chillers and condensing units are sold under the Bohn and Larkin names. The heating-and-cooling maker’s products are sold through some 7,000 dealers in the US and Canada. Lennox has operations in Asia, Australia, Europe, and South America. Named after inventor Dave Lennox, the company was founded in 1895.