Pacific Ag

What Pacific Ag does

Pacific Ag, founded in 1998 and headquartered in Hermiston, Oregon, is North America's largest crop residue harvest and supply company, operating across 10 U.S. states and harvesting from 1,300+ farms. The company provides field-by-field, sustainable crop residue management services to individual growers — primarily removing wheat straw, corn stover, alfalfa, timothy, grass hay, and rice straw after grain harvest — and supplies the baled or ground product to downstream buyers under multi-year, fixed-price contracts. Core customer segments include the largest individual suppliers of wheat straw to the North American commercial mushroom industry, large U.S. dairies and feedlots, export buyers in Japan, South Korea, China, UAE, and Saudi Arabia, and U.S. erosion control product manufacturers.

The company operates the largest owned-and-operated fleet of biomass harvesting equipment in the U.S., supported by its proprietary PowerStock Pro supply chain management system and Pacific Ag Logistics for field-to-buyer delivery. Quality differentiation is anchored in a guaranteed maximum 13% ash or dirt content on corn stover, against a typical market standard above 20%. Distribution is organized through four regional divisions (Western in Hermiston, OR; High Plains in Guymon, OK; Eastern in Princeton, NC; Upper Midwest in Georgetown, MN) and direct relationship-based sales to enterprise buyers. The company is forward-integrating into renewable natural gas and bioconversion via Pacific Ag Renewables (PAR), with up to five large-scale anaerobic digester plants under development — including the Sunnyside RNG facility in Washington — and partnerships with industrial bioconversion counterparties such as Shell.

Revenue mechanics combine transactional sale of harvested residue and forage with managed-services supply chain development and feedstock risk assessments for industrial partners. Pricing is bilateral and contract-based rather than list-priced or self-serve. A June 2025 $75 million senior secured credit facility from Great Rock Capital refinanced existing debt and funded a strategic acquisition and expansion liquidity, consistent with debt-funded growth rather than recent institutional equity rounds. The company is privately held, founder-led (Bill Levy, CEO since 1998), and employs 101–250 people with a $20 million nationwide production and trucking budget.

Name

Pacific Ag

Legal name

Pacific Ag

Website

https://pacificag.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Pacific Ag is North America's largest crop residue harvest and supply company, harvesting agricultural residue from 1,300+ farms across 10 U.S. states to serve mushroom composters, dairies, feedlots, exporters, and erosion control manufacturers while expanding into renewable natural gas production.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Hermiston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Sale of harvested crop residue and forage products: Core revenue stream: Pacific Ag harvests crop residue (wheat straw, alfalfa, timothy, corn stover, grass hay) from 1,300+ farms and sells baled/ground product to domestic and export downstream buyers — including mushroom compost producers, dairies, feedlots, export markets (Japan, South Korea, China, UAE, Saudi Arabia), and erosion control product manufacturers. Sales are typically structured as fixed-price, multi-year contracts.
2. Supply chain development and feedstock supply services: For industrial partners requiring dedicated feedstock supply (e.g., renewable natural gas, bioconversion projects), Pacific Ag provides feedstock feasibility and risk assessments, lowest-cost supply identification, and development/operation of large-scale supply chains once a site is selected. PowerStock Pro supports these engagements.
3. Renewable natural gas (RNG) production (emerging): Through Pacific Ag Renewables, the company is forward-integrating into low-carbon fuel production with up to five large-scale anaerobic digester/RNG plants under development (e.g., Sunnyside RNG in Washington). This represents a future/emerging revenue stream tied to bioconversion of agricultural waste.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Pacific Ag harvests agricultural crop residue (wheat straw, alfalfa, timothy, corn stover, grass hay) from 1,300+ farms across 10 U.S. states using the largest owned-and-operated fleet of biomass harvesting equipment in the U.S., then supplies baled residue and forage products to downstream industrial buyers (mushroom composters, dairies, feedlots, exporters, erosion control manufacturers, and renewable energy developers) via multi-year fixed-price contracts managed through its proprietary PowerStock Pro platform. The company is also forward-integrating into renewable natural gas and bioconversion projects through Pacific Ag Renewables (PAR), with the Sunnyside RNG facility in Washington as the flagship project.

Product overview

Pacific Ag operates a single integrated crop residue platform built around three primary offerings: Harvesting (field-by-field residue removal services for growers across 10 states, operating the largest fleet of biomass harvesting equipment in the U.S.), Supplying (commercial-scale crop residue and hay forage supply chains serving animal protein, mushroom compost, and erosion control markets domestically and for export), and Pacific Ag Renewables (PAR) — the strategic renewables initiative that leverages Pacific Ag's harvest and supply capability to build bioconversion projects producing low-carbon fuels, packaging, and textile fibers. PowerStock Pro and Pacific Ag Logistics are internal supply chain management and delivery modules that underpin the Harvesting and Supplying offerings, while Sunnyside RNG is the flagship RNG project being developed by PAR. Together these named offerings span the full agricultural biomass value chain — from grower contracting and field harvest, through logistics and supply, to downstream renewable energy and bio-product conversion.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Pacific Ag Renewables (PAR): Internal division/brand focused on renewable natural gas (RNG) and bioconversion projects, including the Sunnyside RNG facility and crop residue pulping/molded fiber packaging facilities for low-carbon fuels, packaging, textile fibers and bio-products.

Products and services

• Harvesting Field-by-field, sustainable crop residue harvest service that works one-on-one with growers to develop a residue management plan after their grain harvest. Operates across 10 U.S. states year-round using the largest fleet of biomass harvesting equipment in the U.S. and pays growers for harvested stover.
• Supplying Commercial-scale crop residue and hay forage supply chains serving export and domestic animal protein markets (feedlots, dairies), commercial mushroom production, and erosion control product manufacturers across the U.S., Pacific Northwest, Far East, and Middle East. Sales are typically structured as multi-year fixed-price contracts with strict product specifications (length, aging, moisture, ash).
• Pacific Ag Renewables (PAR)
• Sunnyside RNG (SSRNG) Renewable natural gas facility under development by Pacific Ag Renewables on 49 acres at the Port of Sunnyside Industrial Area in Sunnyside, Washington. The project collects and processes dairy manure from farms in the lower Yakima Valley using sealed anaerobic digester tanks, producing methane that is cleaned and upgraded to pipeline-quality RNG.

Quantifiable outcome

• Harvests ag residue from 1,300+ farms across North America
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers13 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered flagship / marquee industrial partnership, minor (historical board overlap) and informational reference.

• Shell (Renewable Natural Gas division)flagship / marquee industrial partnershipStrategic or Co-development PartnerShell's General Manager for Renewable Natural Gas, Karel Kapoun, is featured on Pacific Ag's company page endorsing Pacific Ag as a 'tremendous partner' that helped make agricultural residue feedstock supply 'sustainable and viable.' Pacific Ag develops and operates the feedstock supply chain that Shell relies on for its RNG program.
• River Point Farmsminor (historical board overlap)Strategic or Co-development PartnerPacific Ag CEO Bill Levy served on the board of River Point Farms (America's largest grower, packer, and processor of onions). Levy led the negotiations combining the two major companies that became River Point Farms. This represents historical board-level relationship rather than a current commercial partnership.
• U.S. EPA AgSTAR programinformational referenceOthersPacific Ag links to EPA AgSTAR resources on its Sunnyside RNG page for educational content on anaerobic digestion benefits. EPA AgSTAR is referenced as the authoritative source for environmental and rural-economic benefits of anaerobic digestion — not a formal commercial partnership.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Brightmark RNG: Develops anaerobic digester projects that convert agricultural waste (dairy manure, food waste) into renewable natural gas. Closely comparable to Pacific Ag Renewables on technology, feedstock, and end-product.
• Vanguard Renewables: Farm-based anaerobic digestion and renewable natural gas developer that aggregates manure and food waste from farms to produce RNG. Directly comparable to Pacific Ag Renewables' Sunnyside RNG strategy and farm-waste-to-RNG thesis.
• Enviva: Largest global supplier of utility-scale wood pellets for renewable energy. Comparable to Pacific Ag as an industrial-scale biomass aggregation and supply company with multi-year offtake contracts, though focused on wood rather than agricultural residue.
• Calgren Renewable Fuels: Producer of renewable natural gas from dairy manure via anaerobic digestion at dairies in California's San Joaquin Valley. Directly comparable to Pacific Ag Renewables' Sunnyside project on feedstock (dairy manure), technology (anaerobic digestion), and end product (pipeline-quality RNG).
• POET-DSM Advanced Biofuels: Joint venture developing cellulosic ethanol from corn stover and other crop residue. Directly comparable to Pacific Ag's bioenergy feedstock business on feedstock category and industrial downstream offtake.

Emerging players

• Aemetis: Renewable fuels company developing cellulosic ethanol and renewable natural gas from agricultural waste and orchard wood. Comparable to Pacific Ag Renewables on low-carbon fuel strategy and ag-waste feedstock sourcing, though at a smaller scale.
• Maas Energy Works: Developer of dairy-manure-to-RNG projects at California dairies, one of the largest dairy digester developers in the U.S. Comparable to Pacific Ag Renewables on dairy manure feedstock and anaerobic digestion technology.

Broad incumbents

• The Andersons, Inc. Diversified agribusiness operating plant nutrient, ethanol, and commodity logistics businesses. Comparable as a large-scale agricultural commodity operator with multi-site processing and supply chain infrastructure relevant to Pacific Ag's forage/residue supply model.
• Darling Ingredients: Global rendering and sustainable ingredient company with Diamond Green Diesel joint venture producing renewable diesel from animal fats and used cooking oil. Comparable as a large incumbent in agricultural-waste-to-renewable-fuels, though operating at much larger scale and broader feedstock scope.
• CHS Inc. Largest U.S. agribusiness cooperative operating across crop inputs, grain marketing, and renewable fuels (including an ethanol platform). Comparable as a large incumbent in U.S. agricultural commodity supply chains with downstream renewable energy exposure.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds5 records

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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