The Agronomic Consulting Group

What The Agronomic Consulting Group does

The Agronomic Consulting Group (ACG) is a privately held, Nebraska-based professional services firm founded in 1998 that delivers agronomic consulting to farming operations in the U.S. Midwest. The company serves three primary customer segments: grain producers (corn, soybeans, wheat), landowners seeking guidance on Section 180 tax deductions and land productivity, and livestock producers requiring integrated crop-livestock nutrient management advice. ACG positions its advisors as part of the farmer's "board room table" alongside bankers, attorneys, and accountants, framing agronomic counsel as an executive-level function.

ACG's core offering consists of three integrated products. The ACG E-Val is a proprietary economic evaluation process that models the full enterprise economics of grain production beyond break-even cost per bushel, integrating economic planning with agronomic recommendations. The ACG IntelliGrid is a precision agriculture program that combines grid soil sampling (1-acre, 2.5-acre, and 10-acre grids) with variable rate manure or commercial fertilizer prescriptions, supporting multiple lab packages and controller compatibility. Agronomic Counsel is the on-site consulting layer, delivered through retainer arrangements or weekly farm visits, covering hybrid performance evaluation, irrigation scheduling, in-season fertilizer adjustments, and pest management. A sub-product, Section 180 Tax Deduction Navigation, addresses landowner tax optimization.

The business operates a relationship-driven, sales-led go-to-market with quote-based pricing and multi-year retainer or visit-based engagements. Client acquisition is largely referral-based, with the contact form explicitly capturing referral sources. Technology integrations with CropX, FieldWise, and the John Deere Operations Center extend client capabilities without internal platform build-out. Revenue is undisclosed and the company has no recorded funding history, indicating it has grown organically since founding.

Name

The Agronomic Consulting Group

Legal name

The Agronomic Consulting Group

Website

https://theacg.ag

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Agronomic Consulting Group is a privately held Nebraska-based agronomic consulting firm founded in 1998 that provides economic planning, precision soil sampling, variable rate fertility prescriptions, and on-site agronomic counsel to grain producers, landowners, and livestock producers in the U.S. Midwest.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Agricultural Consulting Services

NAICS

Farm Management Services (115116), Support Activities for Crop Production (11511)

SIC

Agricultural Services (700), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Yield Optimization & Crop Performance Consulting (AFACABAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Nutrient Management Planning & Fertility Programs (AFACABAB), Whole-Farm Business Management & Budgeting Advisory (AFACAJAA), Plant Tissue, Soil & Water Sampling Coordination (Agronomy-Focused) (AFACABAH)

Keywords

• Agronomic consulting services
• Precision agriculture services
• Farm economic planning
• Grid soil sampling
• Variable rate fertilization

Headquarters

HQ city

West Point

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Agronomic Consulting Services: Professional consulting services delivered through personalized guidance and farm planning sessions. Revenue is generated through service fees for agricultural consulting, including economic planning, soil sampling programs, and agronomic counsel. Services range from retainer systems to weekly farm visits, suggesting recurring or project-based engagement models.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The Agronomic Consulting Group provides agronomic consulting services for farming operations, including a proprietary economic evaluation process (ACG E-Val) that integrates economics with agronomic recommendations, a precision agriculture program combining grid soil sampling with variable rate manure or commercial fertilizer prescriptions (ACG IntelliGrid), and on-site agronomic counsel ranging from retainer engagements to weekly farm visits. The firm also offers Section 180 tax deduction navigation for landowners and supports variable rate prescription compatibility with multiple equipment controllers via CropX, FieldWise, and John Deere Operations Center integrations.

Product overview

The Agronomic Consulting Group offers a unified consulting platform for farming operations consisting of three core products: The ACG E-Val (proprietary economic evaluation process for comprehensive enterprise planning), The ACG IntelliGrid (precision agriculture program combining grid soil sampling with variable rate fertilizer recommendations), and Agronomic Counsel (on-site consulting with varying service levels for plan implementation and diagnostics). A fourth sub-product, Section 180 Tax Deduction Navigation, provides specialized tax guidance for landowners. These services work together sequentially: E-Val creates the strategic economic plan, IntelliGrid provides precision soil data and variable rate prescriptions, and Agronomic Counsel delivers ongoing implementation support and diagnostics.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• The ACG E-Val Proprietary economic evaluation process for grain production that accounts for nearly every economic aspect of operations, going beyond break-even cost per bushel. Integrates economic vision with sound agronomic recommendations prepared uniquely for each operation. Targeted at farming operations and grain producers seeking comprehensive enterprise-level economic planning.
• The ACG IntelliGrid Precision agriculture program combining grid soil sampling with variable rate manure or commercial fertilizer recommendations. Offers multiple grid size options (1 acre, 2.5 acre, 10 acre) and multiple lab packages (Complete, Basic, Mehlich, Bray), producing variable rate prescriptions compatible with nearly any controller type. Targeted at grain producers and livestock-integrated operations needing precision soil fertility management.
• Agronomic Counsel On-site consulting service designed to ground truth plans of action, including evaluation of hybrid performance, irrigation scheduling, in-season fertilizer adjustments, and weed, insect, and disease management diagnostics. Available at varying service levels from retainer arrangements to weekly farm visits. Targeted at farming operations needing ongoing implementation support throughout the growing season.
• Section 180 Tax Deduction Navigation Specialized service helping landowners navigate guidelines to uncover qualifying tax deductions for land ownership of cropland, farmland, or ranchland under Section 180. Targeted at non-operating landowners seeking expert guidance on tax-related land ownership decisions.

Quantifiable outcome

• Comprehensive economic analysis integrating every economic aspect of grain production beyond break-even cost per bushel
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature3 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• Granular (Corteva): Granular is a Corteva-owned farm management software platform that combines agronomic planning with business analytics. Partial overlap with ACG's E-Val economic planning and IntelliGrid agronomic offerings.
• Climate FieldView (Bayer): Climate FieldView is a digital agriculture platform from Bayer that provides variable rate prescriptions, field data analytics, and agronomic recommendations. Represents the emerging digital-ag category that could disintermediate independent advisors like ACG.

Direct peers

• Centrec Consulting Group: Centrec is a boutique agricultural consulting firm providing financial and agronomic advisory to row-crop farmers, with comparable economic-planning and farm-management offerings to ACG's E-Val product.
• ServiTech: ServiTech is the largest independent crop consulting and soil sampling services provider in the US, headquartered in the Midwest and serving grain producers with variable rate recommendations and in-season agronomic advice. Directly comparable to ACG's IntelliGrid and Agronomic Counsel offerings and customer base.
• Premier Crop Systems: Premier Crop Systems is a Midwest-based agronomic consulting firm specializing in variable rate prescriptions, grid soil sampling, and data-driven crop management. Overlaps directly with ACG's IntelliGrid and E-Val value proposition for grain producers.

Broad incumbents

• Nutrien Ag Solutions: Nutrien Ag Solutions is the world's largest crop input retailer and bundles agronomic advisory with fertilizer, seed, and crop protection sales. Represents the broader incumbent against which ACG competes as an independent advisor.
• Wilbur-Ellis: Wilbur-Ellis is a major ag retailer providing crop inputs alongside agronomic consulting and digital tools. Competes with ACG by bundling advisory into retail relationships across the Western and Midwest US.
• CHS Inc. CHS is a major US agribusiness cooperative offering agronomic services, crop inputs, and grain marketing. Competes with ACG in the Midwest grain-producer segment via its retail agronomy operations.
• WinField United (Land O'Lakes): WinField United is the agronomy and crop inputs arm of Land O'Lakes, offering Answer Plot data, variable rate prescriptions, and in-season advice through a cooperative retailer network. Adjacent competitor to ACG's IntelliGrid service.

Regional players

• Heartland Ag Consulting: Heartland Ag Consulting provides independent crop scouting and fertility recommendations across the Midwest, mirroring ACG's on-site agronomic counsel model but in overlapping rather than identical territories.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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