Bio-Gro

What Bio-Gro does

Bio-Gro, Inc. is a privately held U.S. fertilizer manufacturer headquartered in Mabton, Washington, specializing in humic acid and biofertilizer production. Founded in the early 1990s, the company manufactures over 130 individual product formulations organized across four branded lines: Custom Humic Blends (CHB), Nutrient Uptake Enhancement (NUE), Premium Organics, and Plant-X plant extracts. Its core technical differentiators are proprietary colloidal humic technology that preserves humic acid structure when blended with liquid fertilizers, a Low Thermal Humic Extraction process, and a Thermophilic Drying process that converts premium humic liquids into dry soluble granules while maintaining molecular integrity. Bio-Gro applies a three-step "Complete Plant Health" methodology — Grow Roots, Pump Nutrients, Drive Photosynthesis — and offers custom blending tailored to specific soil needs.

The company operates from a network of facilities spanning Washington (HQ and primary manufacturing), California (Tulare, acquired from Tulare Ag Products in March 2023), Arizona (Buckeye, dry soluble humic facility scaling to 7,000+ tons annually with USDA grant funding), Wisconsin, and Florida. Products are sold to commercial agricultural growers — primarily specialty crop producers of cherries, strawberries, potatoes, citrus, tree and vine crops — through a retail partner network in California and other regions, supplemented by direct custom-blend delivery in ready-to-apply bulk or tote format. Customer support is anchored in in-field presence throughout the growing season and two California-based regional sales coordinators. Bio-Gro's revenue model is one-time product sales with quote-based pricing driven by custom formulation, supplemented by a $4.9M USDA Fertilizer Production Expansion Program grant. The company claims quantified outcomes including 15% nitrogen, 20% phosphorus, and 15% potassium nutrient efficiency improvements, and measurable crop-quality gains in cherries and other specialty crops.

Name

Bio-Gro

Legal name

Bio-Gro, Inc.

Website

https://biogro.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Bio-Gro is a Washington-based fertilizer manufacturer producing 130+ humic acid, biofertilizer, nutritional, and organic product formulations for U.S. specialty crop growers, distributed via retail partners and direct custom-blend delivery across multiple states.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Agricultural Fertilizers

NAICS

Pesticide, Fertilizer, and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing (3253), Fertilizer (Mixing Only) Manufacturing (325314)

SIC

Industrial Organic Chemicals (2860)

akta.pro primary industry

Humic & Fulvic Substances (Humates) (AFABADAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Biostimulant-Enhanced Fertilizers (Humic/Fulvic, Amino Acids, Seaweed Blends) (AFABACAK), Organic & Biological Input Retail (Biostimulants, Biopesticides, OMRI) (AFABAJAK)

Keywords

• Humic acid fertilizers
• Biofertilizers
• Crop nutrition products
• Organic fertilizers
• Plant extract biostimulants

Headquarters

HQ city

Mabton

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Fertilizer and Crop Fertility Products: BioGro manufactures and sells over 130 individual product formulations including humic acids, biofertilizers, nutritional products, and plant extracts. Revenue is generated through product sales to agricultural growers via retail partner network and direct relationships.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Bio-Gro, Inc. manufactures over 130 individual product formulations of humic acids, biofertilizers, nutritional products, and plant extracts for agricultural growers. The company sells its portfolio through four core product lines — Custom Humic Blends (CHB), Nutrient Uptake Enhancement (NUE), Premium Organics, and Plant-X — along with custom-blend fertilizer systems tailored to specific soil and crop needs. Products are delivered ready-to-apply in bulk or tote format to specialty crop growers and through a retail partner network.

Product overview

Bio-Gro is a manufacturer of over 130 individual product formulations for agricultural crop fertility. The company operates as a single unified product portfolio organized into four main product lines: Custom Humic Blends (CHB) - liquid and dry humic acid products designed to improve soil conditions, nutrient availability, and root growth; Nutrient Uptake Enhancement (NUE) - micronutrient and macronutrient fertilizers including Cal-8, Mag-5, and various mineral products; Premium Organics - certified organic fertilizers and plant extracts including kelp, amino acid-based products, and Plant Extract Teas; and Plant-X products - plant extract formulations including Rhizo-Pro and SetMore Base. The company also manufactures Standard Humic SG and Standard Humic SP as dry soluble humic products. Bio-Gro's core competency is humic acid and biofertilizer production with a complete fertility approach, providing both individual products and custom blend capabilities based on specific soil needs. The company services clients from facilities in Washington, Wisconsin, Florida, and California (Tulare).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CHB (Custom Humic Blends): Clean application, highly compatible humic acid products for soil and water applications.
• NUE (Nutrient Uptake Enhancement)
• Premium Organics
• Plant-X

Products and services

• CHB Premium 6 (Humic Based) Liquid humic acid product containing 6% humic acids plus 5% carboxylic acid, formulated for blending with all liquid fertilizers including calcium and acid fertilizers. Features low pH solubility and maintains colloidal structure. Targeted at agricultural growers needing fertilizer-compatible humic products.
• CHB Premium 21 (Humic Based) Organic certified, soil-applied, highly compatible liquid humic product with proprietary Colloidal Humic Technology that keeps humic acid colloid evenly dispersed when mixed with other liquid fertilizers without compromising colloidal structure. Intended for organic and conventional growers.
• CHB Rootmix (Humic Based) Humic acid root growth product that can be applied by side dress and banding equipment, water run through irrigation systems, or sprayed directly on soils with other fertilizer materials. Designed for root development across multiple application methods.
• Standard Humic SG (Dry Granular) Dry granular humic acid designed to deliver agronomic advantages of extracted liquid humic acid in convenient, blendable, dry soluble form suitable for both organic and conventional operations. Produced using BioGro's Low Thermal Humic Extraction process.
• Premium Organics (Organic Certified Line) Certified organic mineral and fertilizer line including Magnesium 4%, Zinc 9%, Manganese 5%, Iron 5%, Copper 5%, Calcium 8%, liquid N products (WSN, WSP), Premium Foliar, Premium Kelp, and Plant Extract Teas. Refined by 30 years of field experience for organic farming operations.
• NUE Cal-8 (Nutrient Uptake Enhancement) Liquid calcium fertilizer for foliar or water run applications to help prevent and correct nutrient deficiencies. Contains 35% organic acids and is uniquely compatible as an effective carrier of micronutrients. Designed for crop nutrient uptake enhancement.
• NUE Root Builder P (Nutrient Uptake Enhancement) Uniquely formulated to supply nitrogen and phosphate in a soluble, plant available form. Contains 15% ortho-phosphate safe to apply directly with seed, more available in cool soils for better early season phosphate uptake. Designed for early root and plant establishment.
• Plant-X Rhizo-Pro (Plant Extract)

Quantifiable outcome

• Nitrogen efficiency increased by 15%, Phosphorus efficiency by 20%, Potassium efficiency by 15%
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Tulare Ag Products (TAP)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2023BioGro acquired Tulare Ag's primary facility and rights to their product labels as of March 1, 2023. TAP had provided 25 years of dedicated service to California agriculture. Over the past 15 years, BioGro was a dedicated supplier to TAP, developing and manufacturing many quality crop fertility products. BioGro continues offering these products under the BioGro name through its growing network of retail partners.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Pivot Bio: Pivot Bio is a venture-backed developer of microbial nitrogen-fixing fertilizers positioned as a replacement for synthetic N; it competes with Bio-Gro's NUE nitrogen-efficiency line on the same nutrient-efficiency value proposition.
• Sound Agriculture: Sound Agriculture's Source microbial and efficiency products improve nitrogen and phosphate use in row crops, representing an emerging alternative to Bio-Gro's humic-acid-based nutrient efficiency systems.

Direct peers

• Actagro LLC: Actagro is a US-based manufacturer of humic acid-based liquid fertilizers and proprietary crop nutrition products, directly competing with Bio-Gro's CHB and NUE lines in specialty and row-crop markets.
• Monty's Plant Food Company: Monty's formulates and sells humic-, fulvic-, and micronutrient-based liquid fertilizers through ag retail, making it a close analog of Bio-Gro's humic and NUE product strategy.
• Verdesian Life Sciences: Verdesian develops plant nutrition and biostimulant technologies including humic acid and nitrogen-efficiency products, and targets the same specialty-crop and retail-channel customers as Bio-Gro.
• Black Earth Humic LP: Black Earth is a Canadian humic substance producer serving North American agriculture with bulk humic and fulvic acids, comparable to Bio-Gro's humic manufacturing and Standard Humic SG/SP lines.
• SoilBiotics: SoilBiotics manufactures biological soil amendments, humic-based products, and microbial inoculants distributed through ag retailers, overlapping with Bio-Gro's Premium Organics and CHB portfolios.
• Huma Gro: Huma Gro produces liquid humic, fulvic, and microbial crop input lines targeting specialty and broad-acre growers, and competes head-on with Bio-Gro in the humic/biological fertility category.

Broad incumbents

• Yara International: Yara is a global fertilizer incumbent that has expanded into specialty crop nutrition and biostimulants, and overlaps with Bio-Gro's micronutrient and foliar nutrition offerings at the grower level.
• Nutrien Ag Solutions: Nutrien Ag Solutions is the largest US retail distributor of crop inputs including specialty fertilizers, and competes with Bio-Gro at the retail shelf and direct-to-grower level across California and the Midwest.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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