Tracked deals
14
14 tracked deals across 2019-2025.
Agriculture Buyers & Acquisitions in Illinois
Buyer mix
Mixed buyer set
10 strategic · 6 pe
Top trend
Volume peaked in 2022
5 tracked deals announced in 2022.
Buyer Snapshot
Top Buyers
Illustrative buyers pulled from tracked transactions on this page. This table is capped and intentionally non-exhaustive.
| Buyer | # Deals | Focus | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apple Rush Company, Inc. | 1 | Distributor of CPG beverages (Apple Rush brand) and devel... | Strategic |
| Commodity & Ingredient Hedging (CIH) | 1 | Tech-enabled provider of risk management, market intellig... | Strategic (PE-backed) |
| DTN | 1 | Global data, analytics and technology company providing d... | Strategic (PE-backed) |
| Falfurrias Capital Partners | 1 | Middle-market private equity firm that invests in growing... | PE |
| Falfurrias Management Partners | 1 | Middle-market private equity firm focused on business ser... | PE |
| Farmers Edge Inc. | 1 | Digital agriculture company offering hardware, software (... | Strategic |
| Fast Genetics | 1 | Provider of swine breeding stock and genetics services (b... | Strategic |
| Hoffmann Family of Companies | 1 | Family-owned private equity firm making multi-vertical ag... | PE |
| Intelinair | 1 | Provides aerial imagery and data analytics to farmers and... | Strategic |
| New Mountain Capital | 1 | Growth-oriented private investment firm focused on busine... | PE |
Acquisition Volume in Agriculture in Illinois by Year
Last 6 years
Supporting Data
Recent Transactions
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October 9, 2025
- Buyer
- Staple Street Capital
- Target
- Pleasant View Gardens, Four Star Greenhouse
- Industry
- Agriculture
- Location
- Illinois, United States
- Type
- Growth capital
Staple Street Capital has partnered with the Huntington and Smith families to combine Pleasant View Gardens (Loudon, NH) and Four Star Greenhouse (Carleton, MI) under one ownership as a unified Proven Winners company. The investment will provide resources and strategic support to drive scale, improve distribution and marketing, and expand Proven Winners' reach into underserved North American markets while the founding families remain active owners.
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- Buyer
- Hoffmann Family of Companies
- Target
- N.G. Heimos Greenhouses
- Seller
- Heimos family (Bernie Heimos referenced as President/CEO)
- Industry
- Agriculture
- Location
- Illinois, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Hoffmann Family of Companies (“HF Companies”), a family-owned private equity firm, entered into a definitive letter of intent to purchase N.G. Heimos Greenhouses, one of the nation’s largest poinsettia growers. The planned closing is set for June 2025, with CEO Bernie Heimos expected to remain in place and the company’s employees and family members staying with the business.
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- Buyer
- Commodity & Ingredient Hedging (CIH), Falfurrias Management Partners
- Target
- Advance Trading, Inc.
- Industry
- Agriculture
- Location
- Illinois, United States
- Type
- Addon
Commodity & Ingredient Hedging (CIH) has acquired Advance Trading, Inc. (ATI), a Bloomington, Illinois–based provider of risk management and brokerage services to the grain industry. The deal was facilitated with funding from Charlotte-based private equity firm Falfurrias Management Partners; both companies will continue to operate under their current brands and no significant employment changes are expected.
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February 6, 2024
- Buyer
- nuEra Cannabis
- Target
- Ieso
- Industry
- Agriculture
- Location
- Illinois, United States
- Type
- Buyout
nuEra Cannabis, a family-owned Illinois cannabis retailer, has acquired Ieso, an original Illinois cultivation licensee, adding an 85,000 sq. ft. cultivation and processing facility in Murphysboro, Illinois. The deal vertically integrates nuEra by bringing cultivation, hydrocarbon extraction and a commercial kitchen in-house to support wholesale and retail expansion across the state.
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April 4, 2023
- Buyer
- Intelinair
- Target
- Aker Technologies, Inc.
- Industry
- Agriculture
- Location
- Illinois, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Intelinair, an Indianapolis-based provider of aerial imagery and analytics (AGMRI), has acquired Aker Technologies, a digital agronomy and drone-imagery company based in Effingham, Illinois. The deal expands Intelinair’s drone capabilities and product offerings, enhancing its AGMRI platform and operational capacity to better serve farmers and ag retailers; terms were not disclosed.
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December 21, 2022
- Buyer
- Plant Agricultural Systems
- Target
- MightyVine
- Industry
- Agriculture
- Location
- Illinois, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Ft. Lauderdale-based Plant Agricultural Systems has acquired Rochelle, Illinois-based glasshouse tomato grower MightyVine. Plant will integrate MightyVine's 30-acre hydroponic facility into its Active Production Site (APS) program to expand its controlled-environment agriculture footprint and digital/physical infrastructure in the U.S. Midwest.
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September 7, 2022
- Buyer
- SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc.
- Target
- Kaknes Landscape Supply
- Industry
- Agriculture
- Location
- Illinois, United States
- Type
- Buyout
SiteOne Landscape Supply (NYSE: SITE) completed the acquisition of Kaknes Landscape Supply, a wholesale distributor of nursery products operating a single location in Naperville, Illinois. The purchase expands SiteOne’s nursery presence in the Chicago market and marks the company’s 13th acquisition in 2022.
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March 22, 2022
- Buyer
- Falfurrias Capital Partners
- Target
- CIH
- Industry
- Agriculture
- Location
- Illinois, United States
- Type
- Growth capital
Charlotte-based private equity firm Falfurrias Capital Partners has made an investment in CIH, a Chicago-based, technology-enabled provider of agricultural commodity price risk management and education; terms were not disclosed. CIH's existing management team will remain in place and Falfurrias will support expansion of CIH's technology platform and join the company's board to help drive growth.
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- Buyer
- Fast Genetics (AcuFast), STgenetics (STgen)
- Target
- Acuity Ag Solutions
- Seller
- Maschhoff Family Foods (The Maschhoffs)
- Industry
- Agriculture
- Location
- Illinois, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Fast Genetics, a subsidiary of STgenetics, has acquired Acuity Ag Solutions, the swine genetics business founded by Maschhoff Family Foods (The Maschhoffs). The acquisition is intended to accelerate genetic improvement, expand product offerings and global distribution, and combine complementary infrastructure and R&D capabilities between the businesses.
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January 20, 2022
- Buyer
- Apple Rush Company, Inc.
- Target
- Pursuit Hemp Farms, LLC
- Industry
- Agriculture
- Location
- Illinois, United States
- Type
- Buyout
The Apple Rush Company, Inc. (APRU) announced the acquisition of Illinois-based Pursuit Hemp Farms, LLC to advance its seed-to-sale hemp strategy. Pursuit Hemp Farms is a family-run operation with roughly 1,400 acres of cropland that has been cultivating hemp since 2018; Apple Rush said the purchase will help vertically integrate growing, manufacturing and distribution of hemp-derived products.
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November 15, 2021
- Buyer
- New Mountain Capital
- Target
- Profile Products
- Seller
- Incline Equity Partners
- Industry
- Agriculture
- Location
- Illinois, United States
- Type
- Buyout
New Mountain Capital has closed its acquisition of Profile Products, a Buffalo Grove, Illinois-based developer and manufacturer of engineered horticulture growing media, erosion control products and soil amendments. The deal follows Incline Equity Partners' partnership with Profile since 2018 and positions New Mountain to fund product innovation, capacity expansion and strategic add-on acquisitions to accelerate growth.
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August 12, 2021
- Buyer
- Farmers Edge Inc.
- Target
- CommoditAg
- Industry
- Agriculture
- Location
- Illinois, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Farmers Edge Inc. (TSX: FDGE) has agreed to acquire CommoditAg, an online marketplace for agricultural inputs, with CommoditAg operating as a wholly owned subsidiary led by its existing management. The acquisition expands Farmers Edge's e-commerce capabilities and integrates CommoditAg's fulfillment network and supplier relationships into Farmers Edge's connected digital agriculture ecosystem.
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February 25, 2021
- Buyer
- DTN
- Target
- Farm Market iD
- Industry
- Agriculture
- Location
- Illinois, United States
- Type
- Buyout
DTN, a data and analytics company, has acquired Farm Market iD to integrate farm-level intelligence into DTN's portfolio and deliver enhanced data-driven solutions to producers and agribusinesses. The acquisition will allow DTN to leverage Farm Market iD's high-quality, hyper-local farm data to expand capabilities for targeted marketing and decision-grade insights across the agriculture value chain.
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September 26, 2019
- Buyer
- Skyline Global Partners LLC
- Target
- BRM Holdings LLC
- Industry
- Agriculture
- Location
- Illinois, United States
- Type
- Growth capital
Skyline Global Partners LLC closed a growth equity investment in BRM Holdings LLC, the parent company of Gypsoil and Beneficial Reuse Management, on September 16, 2019. The investment will provide capital and strategic support to expand BRM’s manufacturing and distribution of specialty agricultural and construction products made from reusable industrial by-products; financial terms were not disclosed.
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