Gibby Group

What Gibby Group does

Gibby Group, Inc. is a privately held, family-owned agricultural holding company headquartered in Burley, Idaho, founded in 1944 by Evard Gibby as a dairy-and-hog family farm and grown across three generations of family leadership. Today the company operates through four wholly-owned subsidiaries that together span the dairy-adjacent food and agriculture value chain: Carne provides co-product management, by-product removal, plant engineering, and feed-cost reduction services to 70 food processing plants across 16 states, moving approximately 3 million tons of co-product in 2019 for food, feed, fuel, and fertilizer end markets; Innovative Food Solutions procures conventional, organic, and non-GMO milk, cream, condensed milk, and milk powders for processing facilities and supports producers with regenerative-agriculture practices, FARM certification, and dairy auditing; Gibby Ag manages thousands of acres of south-central Idaho farmland producing potatoes, wheat, barley, corn, and alfalfa for both domestic and international buyers (Australia, Asia) alongside a cow/calf grazing operation; and Liberty Basin supplies feed commodities (whole and ground corn, soybean meal, dried distillers grain, canola, cottonseed) and custom feed mixing with approximately 50,000 tons of storage for Idaho dairy farmers and the renewable-energy sector. The organization historically demonstrated vertical integration by operating a 4,200-sow swine unit to consume whey co-products, replacing an estimated 6.9 million bushels of corn and saving over $16 million in feed costs.

The company's product set is operational rather than software-based: no proprietary technology platform, patents, AI/ML capabilities, applications, or APIs are disclosed, and core technology is explicitly identified as "Not explicitly disclosed." Distribution is exclusively direct B2B — through field sales, account relationships, and 24/7 logistics — with no marketing channels, app products, or developer surfaces in evidence. Quantified operational outcomes include 70 plants served across 16 states, ~3 million tons of co-product moved in 2019, ~50,000 tons of feed storage, thousands of acres under cultivation, a 4,200-sow operation, and the documented ~$16 million in cumulative feed-cost savings through whey substitution.

Revenue is generated through four streams mapped to subsidiaries: co-product management services (Carne, service fees), milk procurement and supply (Innovative Food Solutions, transactional margins), agricultural crop production and sales (Gibby Ag, one-time and spot, including international export), and feed commodity supply and custom mixing (Liberty Basin, transactional). Pricing is not publicly disclosed. Customer concentration is spread across food processing plants, dairy farms, livestock operations, grain processors, animal feed manufacturers, and international buyers, with no individual customer revenue splits provided. The company is family-governed: Reed Gibby serves as Chairman of the Board, Monte Quast as Chief Executive Officer (promoted internally since joining in October 2007), and the board includes family members and independent directors with backgrounds in telecommunications, technology, agriculture, and finance; no external institutional investors or private equity backing are disclosed.

Name

Gibby Group

Legal name

Gibby Group, Inc.

Website

https://gibbygroup.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1944

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Gibby Group is a family-owned agricultural holding company operating four wholly-owned subsidiaries — Carne (co-product management for 70 plants in 16 states), Innovative Food Solutions (milk procurement), Gibby Ag (crop farming), and Liberty Basin (feed commodities) — serving dairy, food processing, and livestock customers from Burley, Idaho.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Burley

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Co-Product Management Services: Management and re-purpose of dairy and other food production co-products into value-added food and feed ingredients. The company markets co-products for food, feed, fuel, and fertilizer.
2. Milk Procurement and Supply: Procurement and supply of organic, conventional, and non-GMO milk and related dairy products including cream, condensed milk, and milk powders to processing facilities.
3. Agricultural Production and Sales: Marketing and sales of agricultural products for food, feed, and fertilizer. Crop production including potatoes, wheat, barley, corn, and alfalfa shipped both locally and internationally.
4. Feed Commodities and Mixing Services: Supply of feed commodities including whole and ground corn, soybean meal, dried distillers grain, canola, cottonseed, and custom feed mixing services. Storage capacity of approximately 50,000 tons.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Core offering

Gibby Group is a privately held group of affiliated agricultural companies that delivers a diversified line of products and services across the food and agricultural value chain through four subsidiaries. Carne manages and repurposes dairy and food production co-products into value-added feed, food, fuel, and fertilizer ingredients. Innovative Food Solutions procures and supplies organic, conventional, and non-GMO milk and dairy products to processing facilities. Gibby Ag produces conventional and organic crops including potatoes, wheat, barley, corn, and alfalfa. Liberty Basin supplies feed commodities and provides custom feed mixing services with approximately 50,000 tons of storage capacity.

Product overview

Gibby Group is a privately held group of affiliated agricultural companies operating under a unified corporate umbrella since 1944. The organization consists of four distinct subsidiary brands that provide complementary services across the food and agricultural value chain: Carne (co-product management and sustainable waste disposal), Innovative Food Solutions (milk procurement and dairy marketing), Gibby Ag (crop production and farming operations), and Liberty Basin (feed commodities and custom feed mixing services). Together, these subsidiaries deliver a diversified line of products and services including management of dairy and food production co-products, procurement of organic and conventional milk, agricultural product marketing, and environmentally friendly waste disposal services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Carne Co-Product Management Sustainable co-product management service for food processing plants that provides by-product removal solutions, landfill-free waste product disposal, plant engineering for proper waste and by-product management, and feed cost reduction for livestock producers through nutritionally balanced rations using co-product streams. Operates 24/7 serving 70 plants across 16 states and transports almost 3 million tons of co-product annually.
• Innovative Food Solutions Milk Procurement Milk procurement and dairy marketing services across conventional, Non-GMO, and organic markets, specializing in raw milk supply and dairy products including cream, condensed milk, and milk powders to processing facilities. Also provides dairy auditing, training, consulting services, and regenerative agriculture practices for low-carbon milk production with FARM certification, Non-GMO Project Verified, and Organic Certification support.
• Gibby Ag Crop Production Management of thousands of acres of farmland in south-central Idaho producing conventional and organic crops including potatoes, wheat, barley, corn, and alfalfa, shipped both locally and internationally to markets including Australia and Asia. Also operates a cow/calf grazing operation using regenerative agriculture practices focused on crop rotation, water conservation, and soil health.
• Liberty Basin Feed Commodities Supply of feed commodities and custom feed mixing services for Idaho dairy farmers and the renewable energy sector. Offers whole and ground corn, soybean meal, dried distillers grain, canola, cottonseed, and other agricultural feed ingredients with approximately 50,000 tons of storage capacity. Centralized mixing reduces feed shrink and improves ration consistency.

Quantifiable outcome

• Saved over $16 million in feed costs through whey utilization replacing 6.9 million bushels of corn
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Perdue Agribusiness: Agribusiness arm of Perdue Farms with grain trading, oilseed crushing, and by-product utilization for feed. Comparable in the intersection of crop processing, feed ingredient supply, and on-farm sustainability services.

Direct peers

• Baker Commodities: Rendering and by-product recycling company collecting food waste streams and converting them into feed ingredients and other products. Most direct specialized peer to Carne's food plant co-product recovery services.
• Dairy Farmers of America: Large U.S. dairy cooperative procuring raw milk and marketing conventional and specialty dairy products. Closest direct peer to Innovative Food Solutions, with similar milk procurement and marketing functions for member farms.
• Associated Milk Producers: Upper Midwest dairy cooperative procuring raw milk and manufacturing butter, cheese and dairy ingredients. Comparable regional scale and milk procurement model to Innovative Food Solutions.
• Prairie Farms Dairy: Regional dairy cooperative operating in the Midwest with farm-to-processor raw milk procurement and finished dairy products. Directly comparable to Innovative Food Solutions' regional milk supply business.

Broad incumbents

• Cargill: One of the world's largest privately held agribusinesses spanning grain trading, animal nutrition, dairy ingredients, and protein processing. Provides a strategic benchmark for how a regional co-product/feed platform can scale into a global integrated agribusiness.
• Darling Ingredients: Global rendering and by-product recovery company that converts animal processing waste into feed, fuel and fertilizer ingredients. Most directly comparable to Carne's co-product management business but at far larger scale and with more diversified end-markets including renewable diesel.
• CHS Inc. U.S. agricultural cooperative providing grain marketing, crop inputs, energy, and animal nutrition across the value chain. Comparable to Liberty Basin's feed commodity and grain trading business, and to Gibby Ag's crop production.
• Land O'Lakes: Member-owned agribusiness cooperative spanning dairy foods, crop inputs, and animal feed (via Purina). Comparable diversified agricultural value chain model with crop production, dairy marketing, and feed supply components overlapping Gibby's four subsidiaries.

Regional players

• West Coast Reduction: Western U.S./Canadian rendering and by-product recovery company serving food processors with sustainable waste-to-feed solutions. Comparable to Carne's plant-based co-product recovery but with a different primary geography.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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