Ag World Support Systems

What Ag World Support Systems does

Ag World Support Systems is a family-owned third-party agricultural inspection company founded in June 1997 in Moses Lake, Washington, providing inspection, sampling, and analysis services for processed potatoes and vegetables. Its core offering centers on raw-for-payment inspections, process-lab inspections, and quality grading at customer processing facilities, with the company positioning itself as an unbiased arbiter between growers and processors to ensure fair financial exchange. The firm operates across 18 on-site service locations in the US (Washington, Oregon, Idaho, North Dakota, Maine, Wisconsin), Canada (Manitoba), and provides international consulting in China (Inner Mongolia and Ningxia Hui), including work at flagship processors such as J.R. Simplot, Lamb Weston, McCain Foods, Cavendish Farms, National Frozen Foods, NORPAC, Pasco Processing, Quincy Foods, and River Point Farms.

The business model is enterprise B2B professional services: Ag World contracts directly with processing facilities, embeds inspectors at customer sites, and bills against service contracts — inspector-level compensation of $18-$23/hour (with benefits after 30 days) and the use of seasonal samplers during harvest suggest a labor-billable model passed through to enterprise customers. GTM motion is enterprise field sales, supported by long-tenured customer relationships (Simplot since 1998, Lamb Weston since 2012, McCain since 2007) and industry-event presence such as the WA/OR Potato Conference and the annual Ag World Golf Classic charity tournament, which has raised over $975,000 for Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Inland Northwest since inception.

Leadership is concentrated in the founding Henninger family: CEO Bryan Henninger (joined 1999, President 2003, CEO 2009) leads alongside President Darren Burchill, CFO David Hochstatter, Chief Digital and People Officer Sumit Deshpande, regional directors, and an advisory council member from the original 1997 founding. Ownership remains wholly within the Henninger family with no disclosed institutional investors, M&A activity, or funding rounds, indicating the company has been bootstrapped through organic facility-by-facility contract wins across the US, Canada, and — via consulting rather than operating entity — China.

Name

Ag World Support Systems

Legal name

Ag World Support Systems, LLC

Website

https://aginspections.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Ag World Support Systems is a family-owned third-party agricultural inspection company providing raw-for-payment grading, sampling, and analysis services to processed potato and vegetable processors across 18 sites in the US, Canada, and China.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Agricultural Inspection Services

NAICS

Support Activities for Crop Production (1151)

SIC

Services-Testing Laboratories (8734), Agricultural Services (700)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYAFAOAMAI

Dispute Resolution, Arbitration & Independent Third-Party Verification

Agriculture & Food Production/Post-Harvest Handling & Storage (Grain Elevators, Silos, Cold Storage)/Quality Control Services (Grain Grading & Testing)

SECONDARYAFALABAC

Regulatory & Compliance Inspections Support (FDA/USDA/Local Authority Readiness)

Agriculture & Food Production/Food Safety, Testing & Certification/Food Safety Auditing & Inspection Services (GFSI/Third-Party Audits)

Keywords

• Agricultural inspection services
• Potato quality grading
• Vegetable quality analysis
• Third-party crop inspection
• Agricultural commodity sampling

Headquarters

HQ city

Moses Lake

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Agricultural Inspection Services: Ag World provides third-party inspection services for processed potatoes and vegetables, generating revenue through service contracts with processing facilities. Services include raw product inspection for payment, process lab inspections, and quality analysis. The company services processing plants on a contract basis.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Ag World Support Systems provides third-party agricultural inspection services for processed potatoes and vegetables, including raw product inspection for payment, sampling, process lab inspections, and quality analysis. Services are performed on-site at customer processing facilities by trained inspectors, ensuring unbiased assessment for fair financial exchange between growers and processors. The company also offers international inspection consulting, including operations in China.

Product overview

Ag World Support Systems is a family-owned agricultural inspection company founded in 1997, providing private third-party inspection services for processed potatoes and vegetables. The company operates as a single integrated service offering, combining agricultural commodity inspections, sampling services, and analysis services. With operations spanning 18 locations across seven states/provinces and three countries (US, Canada, and China), the company serves growers and processors to facilitate fair financial exchanges and optimize operations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Agricultural Commodity Inspections
• Sampling Services
• Analysis Services
• Inspection Consulting Services
• Raw for Payment Inspections

Quantifiable outcome

• Ensure fair financial exchange between grower and processor

Named customers9 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and flagship.

• Ronald McDonald House Charities Inland NorthwestcoreOthers · 31 July 2024The annual Ag World Golf Classic charity event benefits the Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Inland Northwest. The 11th annual event in 2024 raised $113,073. Since inception in 2014, the event has raised over $975,000. The charity provides a home away from home for families with children experiencing serious illness or injury.
• J.R. Simplot CompanyflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 31 July 2024One of the founding sponsors of the Ag World Golf Classic. J.R. Simplot is a major customer with multiple processing plants serviced by Ag World including facilities in Hermiston, OR; Grand Forks, ND; Moses Lake, WA; Othello, WA; and Caldwell, ID. Simplot has been a key partner since the company's inception, with Ag World signing its first contract with a Simplot potato processing plant.
• McCain FoodsflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 31 July 2024Sponsor of the Ag World Golf Classic. Major customer with multiple facilities including Carberry and Portage la Prairie, Manitoba; Easton, Maine; Plover, Wisconsin; and Othello, WA.
• Lamb WestonflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 31 July 2024Sponsor of the Ag World Golf Classic. Major customer with five plants in Washington State, with year-round inspections at Pasco and Quincy facilities. Also partnered with Lamb Weston for international consulting in China.
• Potato Growers of WashingtoncoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 31 July 2024Sponsor of the Ag World Golf Classic. Represents the grower community that benefits from Ag World's third-party inspection services ensuring fair financial exchange.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• SGS Agricultural Services: Global testing, inspection, and certification major with an agricultural commodities division covering grains, oilseeds, and other crops. Comparable to Ag World as a third-party agricultural inspection provider, but operating at much larger scale across many geographies and commodities.
• Bureau Veritas Agri-Food: Global TIC major with an agri-food segment performing agricultural commodity inspections, sampling, and grading. Comparable to Ag World's third-party inspection model, though Bureau Veritas serves a broader set of crops and customers worldwide.
• Mérieux NutriSciences: Global food testing and inspection services provider with agricultural and food-safety capabilities. Comparable to Ag World's third-party inspection and analysis role for processed agricultural products, though Mérieux focuses more on food-safety and lab-based testing than raw product grading.
• Eurofins Agricultural Services: Major global testing group offering agricultural and food-related inspection, sampling, and laboratory analysis. Comparable to Ag World in delivering third-party quality assessment for agricultural commodities, but Eurofins is far larger and more diversified across lab-based and field-based testing.
• Intertek Agri & Food: Global testing and inspection provider with agricultural commodity inspection, sampling, and analysis capabilities. Comparable to Ag World in the third-party agricultural inspection service line, though Intertek's portfolio spans far more commodities, regions, and value-added testing services.
• Cotecna Inspection Services: International testing, inspection, and certification company with agricultural commodity inspection services for grains and other crops. Comparable to Ag World as a third-party agricultural inspection provider serving processors and traders, with broader geographic and commodity reach.

Regional players

• Washington State Potato Commission: Industry body for Washington potato growers, involved in quality, research, and grading support. Adjacent comparator to Ag World's Pacific Northwest potato inspection focus, though it is an industry association rather than a commercial third-party inspector.
• Idaho Crop Improvement Association: Non-profit serving Idaho's seed and crop industry with inspection and certification services. Comparable to Ag World as a third-party agricultural inspection provider in a specific regional potato ecosystem, though the scope and customer base are different.
• Perennia Food & Agriculture: Canadian agricultural and food services organization providing quality, inspection, and advisory services. Comparable to Ag World in delivering agricultural quality services, though Perennia is broader in scope and Canada-focused rather than potato/vegetable specialized.
• Oregon Seed Certification Service: Regional certification body providing inspection and quality verification for seed and crops in Oregon. Comparable to Ag World in performing third-party inspection services within the Pacific Northwest agricultural ecosystem, though focused on seed certification rather than processed raw-product grading.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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