California Ag Solutions

What California Ag Solutions does

California Ag Solutions (CAS), founded in 2004 and headquartered in Madera, California, is a privately held agricultural solutions provider serving growers throughout the San Joaquin Valley and Central California. The company operates an integrated crop management business spanning four revenue streams: proprietary crop nutrition products under the POWER2GRO system (licensed from founder Monte Bottens' Ag Solutions Network), hardware sales as a Premier Dealer for Precision Planting and PTx Trimble, agronomic consulting, and managed-service programs such as Faster Forage.

The company's core technology stack combines the POWER2GRO crop production system — including seed, foliar, soil-applied, fertigated, soil-amendment, and spray-additive formulations with proprietary features such as IGNITION (9-20-3 orthophosphoric-acid liquid fertilizer), PENMAX (proprietary surfactant soil penetrant), IGNITION PRO (phosphorus mobility technology), and TURBO (bio-stimulant) — with precision agriculture hardware (ArrowTube, Conceal, eSet, Reveal, WeedSeeker, GPS guidance) and integrated soil, sap, and tissue laboratory analysis. These capabilities are bundled into crop-specific programs across nine-plus crops including almonds, pistachios, walnuts, citrus, grapes, processing tomatoes, cotton, corn, alfalfa, onions, garlic, and melons.

CAS runs a sales-led, field-based go-to-market model in which in-house agronomists perform complimentary farm evaluations, deliver custom fertility and irrigation plans, and provide season-long consulting support. Distribution combines direct field sales with authorized POWER2GRO dealers across Central California, targeting four primary customer segments: California agricultural growers (primary), dairy operations (forage efficiency), organic and regenerative growers, and conventional growers. Pricing is opaque, with free field evaluations serving as the primary customer-acquisition mechanism; equipment and product pricing is quoted on a per-engagement basis. The company is led by founder Monte Bottens (also CEO of Ag Solutions Network), President Silas Rossow, VP of Operations Matthew Rossow, and VP of Precision Technology Aleksandr Glukhoy, with a 11-50 employee base.

Name

California Ag Solutions

Legal name

California Ag Solutions, INC.

Website

https://calagsolutions.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

California Ag Solutions is a Central California agricultural solutions provider integrating proprietary POWER2GRO crop nutrition products, agronomic consulting, and precision planting equipment (as a Premier Dealer for Precision Planting and PTx Trimble) for growers across the San Joaquin Valley.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Agricultural Crop Nutrition and Consulting Services

NAICS

Support Activities for Crop Production (11511)

SIC

Agricultural Services (700)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYAFACABAB

Nutrient Management Planning & Fertility Programs

Agriculture & Food Production/Agricultural Services (Custom Farming, Agronomy, Veterinary)/Crop Consulting & Agronomy Services (Soil Health, Nutrient Planning, Yield Consulting)

SECONDARYAFACABAH

Plant Tissue, Soil & Water Sampling Coordination (Agronomy-Focused)

Agriculture & Food Production/Agricultural Services (Custom Farming, Agronomy, Veterinary)/Crop Consulting & Agronomy Services (Soil Health, Nutrient Planning, Yield Consulting)

SECONDARYAFACABAC

Yield Optimization & Crop Performance Consulting

Agriculture & Food Production/Agricultural Services (Custom Farming, Agronomy, Veterinary)/Crop Consulting & Agronomy Services (Soil Health, Nutrient Planning, Yield Consulting)

SECONDARYAFACABAF

Irrigation & Water Use Efficiency Agronomy

Agriculture & Food Production/Agricultural Services (Custom Farming, Agronomy, Veterinary)/Crop Consulting & Agronomy Services (Soil Health, Nutrient Planning, Yield Consulting)

SECONDARYAFACAFAC

Irrigation Scheduling & Advisory Services (ET/Soil-Moisture Based)

Agriculture & Food Production/Agricultural Services (Custom Farming, Agronomy, Veterinary)/Irrigation & Water Management Services (Design, Scheduling, Maintenance)

Keywords

• Crop nutrition products
• Agronomic consulting services
• Precision planting equipment
• Soil tissue analysis
• Regenerative agriculture solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Madera

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Crop Nutrition Products: Sale of proprietary POWER2GRO crop nutrition products including macronutrients, micronutrients, biologicals, soil amendments, and spray products. Products are sold through authorized dealers and direct field sales.
2. Equipment and Parts Sales: Sale of precision planting equipment, parts, and accessories including Sunco brackets, John Deere components, fertilizer openers, row cleaners, and closing wheels.
3. Consulting Services: Agronomic consulting including crop consulting, irrigation scheduling, soil health implementation, tissue analysis, soil sampling, cover cropping programs, and crop fertility management.
4. Faster Forage Program: Turnkey strip-till and advanced planting program combining equipment rental/setup with crop nutrition and season-long consulting for forage production.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

California Ag Solutions provides an integrated crop management offering that combines proprietary POWER2GRO crop nutrition products, agronomic consulting (soil, tissue, and sap analysis, irrigation and fertility management), and precision planting equipment sales and service to California growers seeking higher yields, healthier soil, and lower input costs.

Product overview

California Ag Solutions (CAS) is an agricultural solutions provider offering an integrated crop management system combining the POWER2GRO crop production system (designed and distributed by Ag Solutions Network) with farm consulting, precision planting technology, and equipment services. The product portfolio centers on the POWER2GRO system which includes multiple product lines: At Planting products (REV UP, ACCELERATE, IGNITION, IGNITION PLUS), Foliar Applied products (RESTART, DRAFT, TURBO, DRIVE, TOP END, TRACTION, FAST TRACK, CONTROL, TUNE UP micronutrient series, PIT STOP), Soil Applied & Fertigated products (PENMAX, THROTTLE, IGNITION PRO), Soil Amendments (ENHANCE THA, LIQUA-JIP), and Spray Products (BLOW OUT, BURN OUT). These are complemented by precision planting equipment (ArrowTube, CornerStone, WeedSeeker, PTx Trimble GPS, Conceal, eSet, Reveal Cleaner, monitoring systems), equipment parts for sale, crop-specific programs, and comprehensive consulting services including soil, tissue, and sap analysis. The company operates as a Premier Dealer for Precision Planting and PTx Trimble solutions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• POWER2GRO: A proprietary crop production system designed and distributed by Ag Solutions Network, Inc., which California Ag Solutions is an Authorized Partner of. Includes macros, micros, biologicals, soil treatments, and advanced crop nutrition products.

Products and services

• POWER2GRO Crop Production System Proprietary crop production system designed and distributed by Ag Solutions Network (ASN), including macronutrients, micronutrients, biologicals, and soil treatments providing balanced nutrition from planting through harvest. Includes product lines for At Planting (REV UP, ACCELERATE, IGNITION, IGNITION PLUS), Foliar Applied (RESTART, DRAFT, TURBO, DRIVE, TOP END, TRACTION, FAST TRACK, CONTROL, TUNE UP series, PIT STOP), Soil Applied & Fertigated (PENMAX, THROTTLE, IGNITION PRO), Soil Amendments (ENHANCE THA, LIQUA-JIP), and Spray Products (BLOW OUT, BURN OUT). For California agricultural growers.
• Product Solutions (Nutrient-Specific Programs) Nutrient-specific product solutions addressing deficiencies and agronomic needs, including Phosphorous, Zinc, Copper, Potassium, Boron, Calcium, and Humic Acid solutions, plus Soil Conditioners, Root Stimulation, and Heat Stress Remediation for growers targeting specific crop physiology issues.
• Precision Planting Equipment Advanced agricultural equipment and technology sold and serviced as a Premier Dealer for Precision Planting and PTx Trimble, including ArrowTube, CornerStone, WeedSeeker See and Spray System, PTx Trimble GPS Systems, Conceal, eSet, Reveal Cleaner, and monitoring systems for growers optimizing planting.
• Equipment Parts for Sale Agricultural equipment parts including Sunco Bracket with Nutrimates Fertilizer Openers, John Deere Down Force springs and brackets, John Deere Double disc furrow openers, Case spiked disc closing wheels, Sunco Nutrimate Fertilizer Openers, International Harvest Row Cleaners, Sunco Saber Tooth Row Cleaners, and John Deere Down Force Air Bags.
• Crop Programs Customizable crop-specific programs for Alfalfa, Almonds, Cover Crops, Onion, Pistachio, Silage Corn, Sweet Potato, Processing Tomatoes, and Winter Forage, incorporating products and practices to increase farm profitability.
• Farm Consulting Services Agronomic consulting including crop consulting, irrigation scheduling, soil health implementation, livestock integration, tissue analysis, soil sampling, SGMA compliance, regenerative principle verification, cover cropping, crop fertility, tillage and planting equipment, regenerative supply chain management, sap sampling, and equipment parts, service and training.
• Soil Analysis Services Laboratory analysis measuring soil fertility, pH, salinity, organic matter, nutrient availability, cation exchange capacity (CEC), soil structure indicators, base saturation, and micronutrient levels for growers.
• Tissue Analysis Services Plant tissue testing to measure nutrients accumulated within leaves, validating fertilizer programs and monitoring nutrient status throughout the growing season.
• Sap Analysis Services Real-time nutrient analysis showing nutrients actively moving through the plant, enabling earlier corrections to protect yield potential during critical growth stages.
• Faster Forage Program Turnkey strip-till and advanced planting equipment service combined with targeted plant nutrition and season-long consulting, enabling crops to grow quicker and be harvested sooner (2-6 weeks earlier) using less water while improving yields, aimed at forage and dairy operations.
• Cover Crop Services Cover crop services including seed selection, purchase, planting, equipment, and management. Cover crop types include Brassicas, Broadleaves, Grasses, and Legumes.

Quantifiable outcome

• Plant 2-6 weeks sooner with Faster Forage program
• +2 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Ag Solutions Network (ASN)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMonte Bottens, Founder of California Ag Solutions, also founded and serves as President and CEO of Ag Solutions Network, Inc. headquartered in Moline, Illinois. ASN develops and distributes the POWER2GRO crop production system which California Ag Solutions is authorized to sell and distribute in California.
• Precision PlantingcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCalifornia Ag Solutions operates as a Premier Dealer for Precision Planting, providing equipment sales, service, and training for precision planting technology including monitoring systems, GPS systems, row cleaners, and planting optimization tools.
• PTx TrimblecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAs a Premier Dealer for PTx Trimble systems, California Ag Solutions provides GPS systems, guidance technology, and precision agriculture solutions to California growers.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Helena Agri-Enterprises: National agricultural inputs distributor offering crop protection chemicals, fertilizers, and agronomic services through a regional branch network. Comparable to CAS as a multi-product ag retailer that pairs proprietary input blends with field-level agronomy support.
• Nutrien Ag Solutions: World's largest retail crop input provider, offering proprietary and third-party fertilizers, crop protection, and digital agronomy to North American growers. Comparable in the integrated crop nutrition + advisory model, though serving a vastly larger geography than CAS.
• WinField United (Land O'Lakes): National agricultural retailer and agronomy brand of Land O'Lakes with proprietary crop input lines and an Answer Plot/Answer Tech agronomy platform. Operates a similar crop nutrition plus data-driven agronomy model to CAS, but at cooperative scale.
• Wilbur-Ellis: Large, diversified ag inputs and services company with California operations spanning crop protection, seed, fertilizer, and agronomy. Overlaps with CAS in specialty crop fertility programs and on-farm agronomic advisory, but at much broader national scale.

Emerging players

• Indigo Ag: Agritech company offering microbial seed treatments, biological inputs, and a regenerative agriculture carbon/identity-preserved grain program. Comparable to CAS in regenerative positioning and biological crop nutrition, with a wider digital/carbon overlay that CAS currently does not offer.
• Sound Agriculture: Startup developing on-demand nitrogen and phosphorus efficiency products that improve nutrient uptake and soil biology. Comparable to CAS in targeting the regenerative/biological nutrient-management niche, though Sound is product-and-tech-led rather than a regional consulting retailer.
• Pivot Bio: Agritech company selling microbial nitrogen-fixing crop nutrition to displace synthetic fertilizer. Comparable to CAS's POWER2GRO biologicals in using microbials to improve nutrient efficiency, but Pivot Bio sells direct nationally rather than via regional agronomy.

Regional players

• GROWMARK: Regional agricultural cooperative providing crop nutrition, crop protection, and agronomy across the U.S. Midwest and parts of Canada. Comparable to CAS in operating as a member/regionally rooted retailer with grower-level agronomy advisory; less direct geographic overlap.

Direct peers

• Midwestern BioAg: Independent agricultural provider specializing in fertilizer blends, soil health, and biologicals with on-farm consulting. Similar size and regenerative-orientation to CAS, with a comparable product-plus-consulting GTM rather than mass-market commodity inputs.
• Ag Solutions Network: Sister/affiliated company founded by Monte Bottens that develops and distributes the POWER2GRO crop production system. CAS is an authorized California distributor of ASN's products, making ASN the closest comparable in proprietary product portfolio, regenerative agronomy focus, and dealer-based GTM.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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