Yost Farm Inc

What Yost Farm Inc does

Yost Farm Inc is a fifth-generation family farming operation headquartered in Murdock, Minnesota, established in 1876 on a 160-acre homestead and currently owned by Michael J. and David Yost. The business produces five rotational crops — corn, soybeans, sugar beets, alfalfa, and edible dry beans — and sells directly to commercial elevators, ethanol plants, the Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative, and regional dairy operations including Riverview. Beyond crop production, Yost Farm operates an integrated cluster of affiliated service businesses: Dublin Services (year-round trucking of feed ingredients from processing plants to dairy sites), Swift Pumping (manure application via four-mile underground pipeline and hose systems), and CY Harvesting (custom haylage and silage harvesting with a 175-person seasonal crew operating 24/7).

The operation's technology stack centers on GPS-guided precision agriculture equipment, vertical tillage tools, specialized sugar beet harvesting equipment, integrated pest management monitoring, and ground and aerial spraying systems with drift reduction nozzles. Farm management and accounting are handled through Conservis software, managed by an in-house office manager. Marketing and brand presence are maintained through the company's website (yostfarm.com), YouTube channel (311 subscribers), and X/Twitter account, with the business primarily relying on direct sales relationships rather than traditional marketing channels.

The business model combines commodity crop sales with recurring custom service fees across logistics, harvesting, and manure application. The core customer base is regional (Swift County, western Minnesota, eastern North Dakota) and includes enterprise dairy and processing counterparties. The farm is family-owned with no disclosed external investors, funded in part through Rabo AgriFinance, and supported by major agricultural input suppliers (Bayer, Corteva, Pioneer, Syngenta, Nutrien Ag Solutions, Hefty Seed).

Name

Yost Farm Inc

Legal name

Yost Farm

Website

https://yostfarm.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1876

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Yost Farm Inc is a fifth-generation family farming operation in Murdock, Minnesota producing corn, soybeans, sugar beets, alfalfa, and dry beans, with affiliated trucking (Dublin Services), custom harvesting (CY Harvesting), and manure pumping (Swift Pumping) businesses serving regional dairy and processing customers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Row Crop Agriculture

NAICS

Corn Farming (11115), Oilseed and Grain Combination Farming (111191), Hay Farming (11194), Other Crop Farming (1119)

SIC

Agricultural Production-Crops (100), Agricultural Services (700)

akta.pro primary industry

Corn (Maize) Farming (AFAGAAAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Grain Bin & Silo Systems (On-Farm) (AFAOABAA), Silage & Haylage Products (Corn, Grass, Small-Grain) (AFADAHAB), Forage Harvesting Services (Hay, Silage, Baleage) (AFACAAAE)

Keywords

• Crop production
• Commercial farming
• Custom harvesting
• Agricultural trucking
• Manure pumping

Headquarters

HQ city

Murdock

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Crop Sales: Production and sale of corn, soybeans, sugar beets, alfalfa, and edible dry beans. Crops are sold to commercial elevators, processing plants (ethanol plants, sugar processing), and directly to dairies.
2. Feed Ingredient Trucking (Dublin Services): Year-round trucking operation transporting feed ingredients (soybean meal, dried distillers grains, corn gluten meal) from processing plants to Riverview dairy sites. Also hauls corn to ethanol plants.
3. Custom Harvesting Services (CY Harvesting): Custom harvesting business partnered with Yost Farm, providing haylage and silage harvesting services for local dairies.
4. Manure Pumping Services (Swift Pumping): Manure pumping business applying dairy manure to nearby farmer's fields using pipeline and hose distribution systems.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Yost Farm Inc is a fourth-generation family farm in Murdock, Minnesota that grows row crops including corn, soybeans, sugar beets, alfalfa, and dry beans for sale to commercial grain elevators, sugar processors, and ethanol plants. The operation also runs three affiliated service businesses: CY Harvesting (custom combining and harvesting), Swift Pumping (manure pumping and agitation services), and Dublin Services (agricultural trucking and equipment hauling).

Product overview

Yost Farm is a traditional farming family business operating since 1876 in Murdock, MN. Rather than a unified software platform, the operation consists of multiple integrated agricultural services: crop production (corn, soybeans, sugar beets, alfalfa, and dry beans) as the foundation, supplemented by three affiliated service operations — CY Harvesting for custom haylage and silage harvesting, Swift Pumping for manure application, and Dublin Services for feed ingredient trucking. These services work synergistically: crops are grown and harvested; haylage and silage support local dairy operations; dairy manure is pumped back onto fields as fertilizer; and the trucking fleet transports feed ingredients between processing facilities and dairy sites.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• GPS guidance reduces fuel consumption, pesticide, and fertilizer usage
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• RiverviewcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRiverview LLP operates dairy sites in western Minnesota. Yost Farm provides feed ingredient trucking through Dublin Services and sells corn to Riverview sites. Represents a major customer relationship for the trucking and grain operations.
• Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar CooperativecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSMBSC processes sugar beets into sugar. Yost Farm delivers sugar beets to cooperative piling stations for storage and processing.
• CY HarvestingcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership in custom harvesting business that completes haylage and silage harvesting processes. Includes hay mergers, forage harvesters, and large operational crews.
• Swift PumpingcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerManure pumping business affiliated with the farm. Applies manure from local dairies to nearby farmer's fields using pipeline and hose distribution systems.
• Chippewa Valley Ethanol CompanyminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorEthanol production facility. Yost Farm hauls corn to CVEC for ethanol production.
• Bonanza BeanminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorBean processing company. Yost Farm raises edible dry beans delivered to Bonanza Bean for processing.
• Glacial Plains CooperativeminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAgricultural cooperative providing grain marketing and input supplies.
• Lundberg FarmsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerKevin Lundberg and Lundberg Farms transitioned into a partnership with Yost Farm in 2020, bringing decades of farming experience and sugar beet expertise.
• Collins Family FarmsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal farming operation listed as a partner.
• Clark Family FarmsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal farming operation listed as a partner.
• Walsh FarmsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal farming operation listed as a partner.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Cargill: Global agribusiness giant in grain trading, food processing, and animal nutrition. Comparable as a buyer of corn, soybeans, and feed ingredients but operates at huge scale across the entire agricultural value chain.
• GROWMARK: Midwest agricultural cooperative providing agronomy, grain, and energy services. Comparable as a regional Midwest ag services platform with overlapping crop input and grain handling functions.
• CHS Inc. Largest U.S. agricultural cooperative, engaged in crop production inputs, grain marketing, and commodity processing. Comparably handles grain, agronomy, and energy services across the Midwest but at vastly larger scale and as a cooperative rather than family farm.
• Archer Daniels Midland (ADM): Global grain processor and agricultural services company with extensive corn and soybean processing footprint. Comparable in commodity crop handling and feed ingredient byproduct trading that Yost Farm delivers via Dublin Services.
• Land O'Lakes: Farmer-owned cooperative with crop inputs, dairy foods, and feed operations. Comparable in crop production and feed supply to dairy operations, the same downstream customer Yost Farm serves.

Others

• Bayer Crop Science: Global crop input supplier providing seeds and crop protection products used by Yost Farm. Comparable as an upstream agricultural supplier, not a direct farming competitor.
• Conservis: Farm management software vendor used by Yost Farm for data tracking and accounting. Comparable as an enabling technology provider in the ag digitization ecosystem.
• Corteva: Major seed and crop protection supplier providing corn and soybean inputs to Yost Farm. Comparable only as an agricultural ecosystem partner, not a direct competitor.
• Bonanza Bean: Edible dry bean processor that purchases Yost Farm's dry bean crop. Comparable as an adjacent downstream buyer in the agricultural supply chain.

Direct peers

• Riverview LLP: Large Minnesota-based dairy and beef operator that is Yost Farm's primary customer for feed, trucking, and manure services. Comparable as a large-scale ag operation in the same geography with deeply tied operational partnership.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCgjPBEV4EyaDxMcK3gi7osg
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/yost-farm-inc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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