Agriculture Acquisitions in Minnesota
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- Buyer
- John Deere
- Target
- Sentera
- Industry
- Agriculture
- Location
- Minnesota, United States
- Type
- Buyout
John Deere has acquired Sentera, a St. Paul, Minnesota–based provider of drone-mounted cameras and FieldAgent agronomic software. The deal will integrate Sentera's high-resolution imagery and prescription-generation capabilities into the John Deere Operations Center to expand the company’s precision-ag technology and deliver more actionable data to farmers, agronomists and equipment partners.
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March 21, 2025
- Buyer
- Coalition of families (owners of a sustainable farming business, an olive farmer, and beekeepers)
- Target
- Mann Lake Bee & Ag Supply (Mann Lake Ltd.)
- Industry
- Agriculture
- Location
- Minnesota, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Mann Lake Bee & Ag Supply (Mann Lake Ltd.), the world’s largest manufacturer and distributor of beekeeping supplies, was acquired on March 21, 2025 by a coalition of family investors including owners of a sustainable farming business, an olive farmer, and beekeepers. The transaction returns the company to family ownership, leaves Mann Lake debt-free, and provides capital to support long-term growth and product development for beekeepers and backyard poultry customers.
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- Buyer
- EASY BIO, Inc.
- Target
- Devenish North America
- Seller
- Devenish Nutrition Group
- Industry
- Agriculture
- Location
- Minnesota, United States
- Type
- Divestiture
EASY BIO, Inc., a South Korea-based animal nutrition company, has acquired Devenish North America — the North American division and related assets of Devenish Nutrition Group. The sale is a divestiture by Devenish to sharpen focus on its core European operations; Devenish will use proceeds to pay down debt and invest in other international markets while Devenish North America will continue to operate under the Devenish name under EASY BIO ownership.
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December 5, 2023
- Buyer
- Rovensa Group
- Target
- Agro-K
- Seller
- Lohini Mayo, Chapman Mayo
- Industry
- Agriculture
- Location
- Minnesota, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Rovensa Group has acquired Agro-K, a family-owned U.S. biostimulants developer founded in 1976 and based in Minneapolis. Agro-K will be integrated into Rovensa Next to strengthen Rovensa's biosolutions portfolio and accelerate its expansion in the United States; financial terms were not disclosed.
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August 2, 2022
- Buyer
- Titan Machinery, Inc.
- Target
- Heartland AG Systems, Inc.
- Seller
- Heartland ownership group (Bob Caldwell, Gordon Glade, Jeff Keller)
- Industry
- Agriculture
- Location
- Minnesota, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Titan Machinery (NASDAQ: TITN) has acquired Heartland AG Systems, Inc., the largest CASE IH application equipment distributorship in North America and a leading distributor of sprayer parts and accessories. D.A. Davidson served as exclusive financial advisor to Heartland; the sellers were Heartland's ownership group (including Bob Caldwell, Gordon Glade and Jeff Keller). The acquisition expands Titan's parts, service and distribution footprint across the Midwest and western U.S.
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July 19, 2021
- Buyer
- Rabobank, TELUS Agriculture
- Target
- Conservis
- Industry
- Agriculture
- Location
- Minnesota, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Rabobank and TELUS Agriculture jointly acquired Conservis, a farm management systems company that consolidates farm data into a single platform. The partners plan to further develop Conservis’ platform—enhancing financial reporting and integrating with TELUS Agriculture’s ADX/ASX—to help growers manage agronomy, finances and supply-chain validation.
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- Buyer
- Wind Point Partners, Pestell Nutrition
- Target
- Origination O2D
- Industry
- Agriculture
- Location
- Minnesota, United States
- Type
- Addon
Wind Point Partners’ portfolio company Pestell Nutrition acquired Origination O2D (O2D) on December 20, 2019. The add-on transaction expands Pestell Nutrition’s U.S. footprint, logistical capabilities and proprietary product portfolio to accelerate growth in the North American animal nutrition market.
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March 6, 2020
- Buyer
- Mann Lake Ltd.
- Target
- Stromberg's Unlimited
- Industry
- Agriculture
- Location
- Minnesota, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Mann Lake Ltd. (based in Hackensack, Minnesota) has acquired Stromberg's Unlimited, a long-running supplier of live poultry and poultry equipment. The acquisition expands Mann Lake’s product offering and reach into the growing backyard poultry market; Eric Stromberg joined Mann Lake as Director of Poultry following the deal.
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