Newsom

What Newsom does

Newsom, Inc. is a family-owned salvage commodity company that purchases distressed, damaged, and sub-quality fertilizer, grain, and adjacent commodities at reduced cost, then conditions, markets, and resells them to wholesalers and end users. The company's core service lines are fertilizer salvage, grain salvage, barge salvage, and vessel/truck cargo salvage, with an ancillary storage offering supporting the core operations. It specializes in casualty scenarios including failed warehouse structures, train derailments, truck accidents, and barge and vessel damage, with particular expertise in Mississippi River inland waterway salvage and blue water vessel cargo recovery.

The business operates a project-based B2B model in which customers (wholesalers, industrial buyers, and end users facing distressed inventory situations) contact Newsom for quote-based transactions on specific salvage events. GTM is sales-led and relationship-driven, with no published pricing, no app, no API, and no digital self-serve channel. The company reaches customers through its website, direct phone/email contact with named principals (Drew Newsom and Jerry Shaw), and long-term relationship-based outreach. There is no proprietary technology platform; the offering is fundamentally a physical commodity recovery and trading service underpinned by domain expertise in waterway salvage and distressed material handling.

Newsom generates revenue by arbitraging the gap between distressed acquisition cost and reconditioned resale value across commodities including NPK and micro-essential fertilizers, salvage grain, feed ingredients, liquid products, metals, chemicals, and aggregates. It operates from three US offices (St. Petersburg FL, Greenville MS, and Paducah KY) covering Gulf export, Mississippi River, and Ohio/Tennessee River corridors, and extends internationally to South America, Europe, and the Middle East through partner relationships. The firm is privately held by the founding family, with no institutional investors, funding rounds, M&A activity, or leadership transitions disclosed.

Name

Newsom

Legal name

Newsom, Inc.

Website

https://newsominc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Newsom, Inc. is a family-owned salvage commodity trader that purchases and resells distressed fertilizer, grain, and other damaged commodities to wholesalers and end users. It serves agricultural and industrial buyers facing casualty events across US inland waterways and international markets.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Agricultural Commodity Salvage

NAICS

Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers (424510), Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers (42393)

SIC

Wholesale-Farm Product Raw Materials (5150)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPALADAJ

Secondary Materials Brokerage & Trading (Recovered Commodities)

Business & Public Services/Waste Management & Remediation Services/Recycling & Materials Recovery (MRFs, Sorting, Processing)

SECONDARYAFAOACAI

Food-Grade Grain Storage Warehousing

Agriculture & Food Production/Post-Harvest Handling & Storage (Grain Elevators, Silos, Cold Storage)/Commercial Grain Storage & Warehousing

Keywords

• Fertilizer salvage services
• Grain salvage services
• Cargo damage recovery
• Distressed commodity trading
• Agricultural salvage brokerage

Headquarters

HQ city

St. Petersburg

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Salvage Commodity Trading: Newsom, Inc. generates revenue by purchasing distressed, damaged, and sub-quality fertilizer, grain, and other commodities at reduced costs, then conditioning, marketing, and reselling these materials to wholesalers and end users. The company handles materials including NPK fertilizers, micro essentials, salvage grain, metals, chemicals, and aggregates.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Newsom, Inc. purchases distressed, damaged, and sub-quality fertilizer, grain, and other commodities at reduced costs, then conditions, markets, and resells these materials to wholesalers and end users. The company specializes in barge, truck, and vessel cargo salvage from incidents such as water intrusion, failed warehouse structures, train derailments, manufacturing mishaps, and inland waterway casualties. Materials handled include NPK fertilizers, micro essentials, salvage grain, feed ingredients, liquid products, metals, chemicals, and aggregates.

Product overview

Newsom, Inc is a salvage fertilizer and grain company operating as a single unified business that conditions, markets and sells damaged and sub-quality fertilizer and grain to wholesalers and end users. The company offers a comprehensive suite of salvage services centered around fertilizer salvage, grain salvage, barge salvage, and vessel/truck cargo salvage, with ancillary storage expansion services. Operating throughout the US and internationally with partners in South America, Europe and the Middle East, the company specializes in handling distressed agricultural materials including grains, fertilizers, feed ingredients, and liquid products from various casualty scenarios.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Fertilizer Salvage Services Purchase, conditioning, and sale of distressed and off-spec NPK and micro-essential fertilizers, handling damaged and sub-quality fertilizer products from barge, truck, and vessel cargo. Serves agricultural wholesalers and end users dealing with clumping, lumping, powder issues, bug infestation, mold, or off-spec prill size.
• Grain Salvage Services Conditioning, marketing, and selling of damaged and sub-quality salvage grain, including small grains and screenings, to wholesalers and end users. Addresses damaged grain resulting from water intrusion, manufacturing mishaps, and storage issues.
• Barge Salvage Services Specialized salvage solutions for damaged barges, handling cargo recovery and distressed material resulting from water intrusion, Mississippi River operations, and inland waterway incidents. Serves barge operators and cargo owners needing quick removal and resale of damaged barge contents.
• Vessel and Truck Cargo Salvage Salvage services for vessel and truck cargo damage, including contaminated products, handling various commodities such as steel, concrete, petroleum products, and coal. Serves vessel operators, trucking companies, and industrial cargo owners with damaged shipments.
• Storage Services Fertilizer and seed storage services supporting the company's core salvage operations and providing additional logistics capabilities for storing salvaged commodities.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Gavilon Group: Large commodity merchant handling grain, fertilizer, and energy products across the supply chain. Broader incumbent comparable to Newsom's fertilizer and grain trading activity, though Gavilon operates at significantly larger scale and across many markets.
• Cargill: Global agricultural commodity trader and processor with significant fertilizer and grain handling. Indirectly comparable to Newsom's salvage and off-spec material handling, though Cargill is vastly larger and focused on primary rather than distressed commodity flows.
• Bunge Global: Major global agribusiness and grain merchandiser. Comparable to Newsom's grain trading side, though Bunge operates at massive scale and focuses on primary commodity flows rather than distressed salvage.
• Koch Ag & Energy Solutions: Division of Koch Industries involved in fertilizer production, commodity trading, and petroleum logistics. Comparable to Newsom's broader commodity salvage activity (fertilizer, petroleum, chemicals), though vastly larger and operating as a primary producer/trader.
• CF Industries Holdings: Major North American fertilizer manufacturer and distributor handling nitrogen-based products. Comparable to Newsom's NPK and fertilizer salvage business from the upstream producer perspective, though CF operates as a primary producer rather than salvage broker.
• ADM (Archer Daniels Midland): Global agricultural processor and commodity merchandiser handling grains, oilseeds, and feed ingredients. Broad incumbent comparable to Newsom's grain salvage and feed ingredient activities, but at vastly larger scale.
• Nutrien: World's largest crop input provider, producing and distributing nitrogen, phosphate, potash, and specialty fertilizers globally. Broad incumbent with overlap to Newsom's fertilizer salvage activity, though Nutrien is a primary producer rather than a salvage operator.

Direct peers

• Donjon Marine: US-based marine salvage and wreck removal company providing barge and vessel salvage, cargo recovery, and emergency response on inland waterways and ocean coasts. Directly comparable to Newsom's vessel and barge cargo salvage services.
• Resolve Marine Group (Resolve Salvage & Fire Response): Global marine salvage, emergency response, and wreck removal operator. Comparable to Newsom for blue water vessel salvage and incident-driven cargo recovery, though larger and more diversified geographically.
• T&T Salvage (formerly T&T Bisso): Marine salvage, wreck removal, and emergency response company with strong Gulf of Mexico and inland waterway presence. Directly comparable to Newsom's barge and vessel cargo salvage work.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/newsominc

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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