Agriculture Crop Farming Support Services sector
Strategic acquirers, private equity (buyout funds and growth funds) firms, and valuation benchmarks for Agriculture Crop Farming Support Services
1.1 - About Agriculture Crop Farming Support Services sector
Companies in the Agriculture Crop Farming Support Services category provide outsourced agronomy, precision agriculture, and field operations to help growers optimize production. They deliver crop scouting, soil and tissue testing, GIS mapping, variable‑rate prescriptions, irrigation scheduling, and custom application services to improve yields, input efficiency, and compliance. Strategic buyers in this space span advisory firms and service providers that execute across planning, growing, and harvest cycles.
Typical offerings include agronomy advisory programs with season-long crop scouting, soil and tissue sampling with lab analysis, geospatial field mapping and remote sensing from UAVs, prescription generation for variable‑rate seeding, fertilization, and crop protection, irrigation design and scheduling, aerial and ground application services, seed treatment and custom planting, as well as farm data analytics dashboards and compliance reporting for sustainability and traceability.
Primary customers include large row‑crop operations, specialty produce growers, and farmer cooperatives. These services drive higher yields through better input timing, reduce fertilizer and chemical costs via precision prescriptions, improve water efficiency with optimized irrigation, and strengthen regulatory and sustainability compliance with documented field practices and traceability. They also enhance operational visibility and decision speed during critical in‑season windows.
2. Buyers in the Agriculture Crop Farming Support Services sector
2.1 Top strategic acquirers of Agriculture Crop Farming Support Services companies
Limoneira
- Description: Provider of vertically integrated citrus and avocado agribusiness operations, growing, harvesting, packing and globally marketing lemons, oranges, specialty citrus and avocados from its extensive ranches to ensure year-round, high-quality supply for food, beverage and retail customers.
- Key Products:
- Lemon Production & Global Supply: Cultivates large-scale lemon orchards and distributes fresh lemons worldwide, providing consistent, quality citrus sourced from 15,400 acres of integrated farmland
- Avocado Cultivation & Distribution: Operates extensive avocado groves, harvesting and delivering premium avocados to international markets with sustainable farming practices ensuring year-round availability
- Sustainable Farming & Orchard Management: Implements biodiversity-enhancing cover crops, water-efficient methods and integrated pest management to maintain healthy orchards for citrus and other crops
- Agricultural Real Estate Development: Leverages owned land such as the 221-acre Limco Del Mar Ranch to create housing and other projects, converting farmland assets into long-term community developments.
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2.2 - Strategic buyer groups for Agriculture Crop Farming Support Services sector
M&A buyer group 1: Precision Farming
Semios
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- Description: Provider of a precision crop management platform for tree fruit, nuts and vines, offering integrated water management that delivers real-time irrigation monitoring, soil and plant sensing, automated scheduling, and remote pump/valve control through an easy-to-use app supported by professional field installation and maintenance.
- Key Products:
- Pest Monitoring & Control: Automated camera insect traps and remote pheromone dispensers deliver daily pest counts and targeted pheromone releases, optimizing timing while reducing pesticide reliance
- Disease Risk Modelling: Leaf wetness sensors coupled with fireblight and alternaria models convert real-time weather data into threshold-based disease alerts, enabling proactive treatment decisions
- Weather Station Network: On-site stations record precipitation, humidity, wind speed/direction, barometric pressure, wetbulb and temperature every ten minutes, supplying cloud analytics for location-specific management
- Frost & Irrigation Insights: Temperature differential and TDT soil moisture sensors calculate inversion strength, sprinkler thresholds and moisture profiles, guiding frost fan use and precise irrigation scheduling.
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3.1 - Buyout funds in the Agriculture Crop Farming Support Services sector
2.2 - Strategic buyer groups for Agriculture Crop Farming Support Services sector
4 - Top valuation comps for Agriculture Crop Farming Support Services companies
4.2 - Public trading comparable groups for Agriculture Crop Farming Support Services sector
Valuation benchmark group 1: Agricultural Fertilizer and Seed Companies
Qinghai Salt Lake Industry
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- Description: Provider of chemical raw materials and products specializing in potash and salt lake resource extraction.
- Key Products:
- Chemical Raw Materials: Manufacturing of various chemical raw materials
- Potash Fertilizers: Production and sale of potash fertilizers
- Salt Lake Extraction: Specialized in extraction from salt lakes
- Potassium Products: Production and sales in the potassium sector
- Chemical Products: Manufacturing of various chemical-based products.