Almanac Agriculture

What Almanac Agriculture does

Almanac Agriculture is a small, privately held agricultural services company headquartered in Medford, Oregon, that provides post-harvest and pre-planting processing services to hemp cultivators in Southern Oregon. Its core offerings fall into two service lines: Precision Drying, executed via proprietary Stationary Batch-Dryers designed for hemp biomass, and Seeding & Germination, performed in a Next G3N climate-controlled greenhouse using precision needle seeding equipment capable of processing more than 200 trays per hour. The company also offers secure storage for dried hemp biomass, extending its footprint across the cultivation cycle.

The business operates on a fee-for-service model: drying and germination customers pay 50% down at intake and the remainder on pickup, while storage is offered as a separate, hold-based service. Customers are regional hemp farmers, with Swan Lake Hemp named as a client and the broader addressable market described as Southern Oregon hemp growers. Go-to-market is direct and local, relying on physical facility tours and Instagram-driven awareness rather than formal sales channels or enterprise contracts.

Operationally, Almanac Agriculture is a single-site, micro-scale operation with 1–10 employees, exposing the business to regional crop cycles, hemp market volatility, and the absence of geographic diversification. Its competitive position rests on ownership of specialized industrial equipment and a localized proximity advantage to Rogue Valley growers, rather than on technology IP, scale economics, or data-driven differentiation.

Name

Almanac Agriculture

Legal name

Almanac Agriculture

Website

https://almanacag.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Almanac Agriculture is a Medford, Oregon-based agricultural services company that provides precision drying, seeding, germination, and secure storage to hemp farmers in Southern Oregon, operating from a single facility with 1–10 employees.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Hemp Processing Services

NAICS

Farm Labor Contractors and Crew Leaders (115115), Greenhouse, Nursery, and Floriculture Production (1114)

SIC

Agricultural Services (700)

akta.pro primary industry

Grain/Seed Conditioning & Tempering Systems (Moisture Equalization) (AFAOAHAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Sensors & Instrumentation for Drying/Aeration (Moisture, Temp, RH, Airflow) (AFAOAHAJ), Seedling & Sapling Production (Containerized) (AFAMADAD), Seedbed Preparation & Planting Attachments (Row Units, Openers, Closing Wheels) (AFAAABAG), Seed Blending & Lot Formation (AFAOADAF)

Keywords

• Hemp drying services
• Industrial hemp processing
• Agricultural germination services
• Greenhouse seedling production
• Post-harvest hemp services

Headquarters

HQ city

Medford

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Infrastructure, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Hemp Drying Services: Fee-for-service drying of industrial hemp including smokable flower, biomass, silaged, and stripped material. Customers schedule appointments and pay for processing services with quick turnaround capabilities.
2. Secure Storage Services: Warehouse storage services for completed hemp products, allowing farmers to reserve space while wrapping up their season.
3. Seeding and Germination Services: Full-service hemp seedling production: customers drop off seed, company handles sowing, germination, and nurturing. Seedlings ready for field planting within 20-25 days. Payment structure: 50% down payment at scheduling, 50% upon pickup.
4. Standalone Precision Seeding: Accelerated precision seeding service available as standalone for clients with existing infrastructure. Company palletizes trays for expedited pick-up.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Almanac Agriculture provides fee-for-service post-harvest hemp processing for Southern Oregon farmers, operating a Medford, Oregon facility equipped with proprietary Stationary Batch-Dryers for industrial hemp drying (smokable flower, biomass, silaged, and stripped material) and a Next G3N climate-controlled greenhouse for precision seeding and germination of hemp seedlings. Services include batch drying with strain separation, moisture calibration, fast turnaround, secure warehouse storage, and 20-25 day seedling production cycles.

Product overview

Almanac Agriculture is an Oregon-based agricultural services company offering two core service offerings: Precision Drying Services and Seeding & Germination Services. Their drying services use proprietary Stationary Batch-Dryers for industrial hemp processing in Medford, featuring minimal handling, temperature/humidity control, strain separation capabilities, and secure storage. Their germination services leverage precision needle seeding technology and Next G3N climate-controlled greenhouse infrastructure to produce field-ready hemp starts within 20-25 days. The company operates from a single facility location in Medford, Oregon serving Southern Oregon farmers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Precision Drying Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Minimal product degradation from kiefing due to stationary drying process
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers2 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

Feature5 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Emerging players

• Hopsteiner: Established hop processing and drying specialist with expertise in agricultural commodity drying and moisture management. Compares as an adjacent specialty-crop drying operation; demonstrates the platform potential for the moisture calibration and stationary drying techniques Almanac applies to hemp.
• GVB Biopharma: Vertically integrated hemp cultivator and processor in the Pacific Northwest operating its own biomass drying and processing infrastructure. Comparable to Almanac as a hemp-focused processing operation, though GVB serves primarily its own cultivation rather than offering fee-for-service drying to third-party farmers.

Broad incumbents

• Eden Labs: Established cannabis/hemp processing equipment manufacturer offering extraction, distillation, and related post-harvest systems. Compares to Almanac through overlap in hemp post-harvest processing infrastructure, though Eden Labs focuses on extraction rather than drying/germination services.
• Hemp, Inc. Public hemp processing and cultivation company with infrastructure spanning farming, processing, and product manufacturing. Comparable to Almanac in the core hemp processing focus, but operates at much larger scale and serves broader geographies than Southern Oregon.
• Mile High Labs: Vertically integrated CBD/hemp extraction and refining operation operating at industrial scale. While Almanac focuses on drying/germination services and Mile High operates on the extraction/refining end, both serve the same hemp processing value chain and compete for the same regional cultivator relationships.
• Root Sciences: Provider of cannabis and hemp processing equipment and extraction technology with national reach. Comparable through the shared post-harvest processing focus, although Root Sciences concentrates on extraction equipment rather than drying/germination services.

Direct peers

• Cascadia Hemp Co. Pacific Northwest hemp cultivator and processor offering farm-to-finished products with in-house processing. Comparable as a regional hemp operation serving the same PNW farmer/processor value chain, though emphasizes cultivation and finished goods rather than fee-for-service drying.
• GreenBroz Inc. Oregon-based manufacturer of hemp processing equipment including trimming machines and drying systems. Both companies occupy the hemp post-harvest processing niche in the Pacific Northwest, serving cultivators needing professional-grade infrastructure to replace manual or improvised operations.

Others

• Next G3N Greenhouse: Climate-controlled greenhouse technology provider supplying Almanac's germination infrastructure. Connected as a strategic technology partner supplying the greenhouse systems that power Almanac's seedling production, rather than a direct competitor.

Regional players

• Columbia Basin Bioscience: Pacific Northwest hemp processor focused on extraction, refinement, and white-label CBD products. Comparable through shared regional hemp processing focus, though operates downstream in the value chain (extraction) rather than upstream (drying and germination).

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/almanacag
• Facebookfacebook.com/AlmanacAg
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/almanac-agriculture

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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