Best Food and Agriculture Companies in Mississippi, United States
The 40 best Food and Agriculture companies in Mississippi, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: The Manship.
Our analysis of 175 Food and Agriculture companies
$22.9b in tracked funding; 93% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
Ranked: Best Food and Agriculture companies in Mississippi
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Manship Restaurant & bar serving dishes and alcoholic drinks | $1M | 153 mo ago | Seed | Alex Eaton Owner | 2013 | Cart FunctionalityWordPressMySQL+18 | — |
| 2 | Mississippi Food Network Operates retail store of bakery snacks | $1M | 70 mo ago | Funding Raised | Charles Beady CEO | 1984 | WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+25 | — |
| 3 | Newk Chain of limited service restaurant offering pizza | $258K | — | Acquired | — | 2004 | StoryblokApple iCloud MailNode.js+28 | — |
| 4 | Catfish Provider of processed catfish products including fillets, nuggets, and whole fish | $20K | 56 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | 1987 | Node.jsReactNext.js+8 | — |
| 5 | J & J Bagging Provider of fertilizer storage and packing facilities | — | 32 mo ago | Seed | Jordan Miller CEO | 2015 | Cart FunctionalityWordPressApple iCloud Mail+13 | — |
| 6 | Sanderson Farms Manufacturer and retailer of fresh and frozen chicken products. | — | 56 mo ago | Acquired | Joe Sanderson CEO | 1947 | WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+25 | — |
| 7 | Vicksburg Forest Products Manufacturer and supplier of wood products | — | 66 mo ago | Late Stage | — | 2018 | — | — |
| 8 | AMCO Manufacturing Manufacturer of tough tillage tools and farm equipment since 1947, specializing in shaping land, seedbeds… | — | — | Unfunded | — | 1947 | WordPressMySQLPHP+17 | — |
| 9 | Cal-Maine Foods Producer and supplier of eggs and related products | — | — | Public | Fred Adams Founder | 1996 | TypeScriptJavaBootstrap+18 | — |
Top 7 Food and Agriculture companies in Mississippi
#1
Funding Raised · Jackson, Mississippi · founded 1984 · 32 employees$1.1Mraised▾
Operates retail store of bakery snacks
- Oct 2020Grant (prize money)$10K
- Dec 2010Grant (prize money)$178.2K
- Dec 2009Grant (prize money)$900.7K
#2
Seed · Jackson, Mississippi · founded 2013$1.2Mraised▾
Restaurant & bar serving dishes and alcoholic drinks
- Nov 2013Seed$1.2M
#3
Funding Raised · Itta Bena, Mississippi · founded 1987 · 426 employees$20Kraised▾
Provider of processed catfish products including fillets, nuggets, and whole fish. The company offers a range of catfish options, from hatchery to delivery. Products include fillets, nuggets, whole fish, and hushpuppies. The company also provides recipes and information about its process.
- Jan 2022Grant (prize money)$20K
#4
Acquired · Jackson, Mississippi · founded 2004 · 1078 employees$258Kraised▾
Chain of limited service restaurant offering pizza
- Seed$258K
#5
Seed · Yazoo City, Mississippi · founded 2015 · 75 employees—raised▾
Provider of fertilizer storage and packing facilities. It offers a range of products, including feed, seed, and fertilizer. It also offers a variety of seed, gates, fencing supplies, and backwoods attractant products.
- Dec 2023Seed—
#6
Acquired · Laurel, Mississippi · founded 1947 · 14117 employees—raised▾
Sanderson Farms, Inc. engages in the production, processing, marketing and distribution of fresh and frozen chicken products. The company's products are sold through food service broad liners and retail banners across the United States and exported to countries all over the globe. Company has plants in Brazos, TX; Bryan, TX; Collins, MS; Hammond, LA; Hazlehurst, MS; Kinston, NC; Laurel, MS; McComb, MS; Moultrie, GA; Palestine, TX; and Waco, TX. Company has over 11,000 employees and 800 independent poultry growers.
- Jan 2022Grant (prize money)—
#7
Late Stage · Jackson, Mississippi · founded 2018 · 17 employees—raised▾
Manufacturer and supplier of wood products
- Feb 2021PE—
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Food and Agriculture coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
How research on Agritech is moving in the United States
A read on the academic research around Agritech — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 652 United States-affiliated papers.
- International Food Policy Research Institute25
- University of California, Davis22
- Cornell University22
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign17
- Agricultural & Applied Economics Association17
- Robot1→19
- Agriculture24→127
- Robot4→21
- Climate change2→17
- Agroforestry3→15
- Productivity2→13
- Agriculture35→83
- Food security7→25
- Productivity2→10
- Agricultural economics2→10
- Internet of Things1→8
Where agritech is researched across United States
Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.
Who's filing agritech patents in the United States
United States agritech patent filing is accelerating — 24 filings from 35 assignees (2016–2025), led by Microsoft, Vision Robotics, Koselka Harvey; annual filings 1→5.
- Microsoft7
- Vision Robotics5
- Koselka Harvey5
- Wallach BRET5
- IBM4
- X DEV3
- Gerrish Steven R3
- CROP One Holdings2
Common questions
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