Agriculture Acquisitions in Ohio

Spring Valley USA, an affiliate of Interoceanic Corporation (IOC), acquired the blending and packaging assets and business of Turf Care Supply. The combined Spring Valley–Turf Care blending platform will operate eight manufacturing/blending facilities across seven states with roughly 250 employees, while Turf Care will be renamed Allied Nutrients and continue EEF manufacturing at its Martins Ferry, Ohio facility.

80 Acres Farms and Soli Organic announced a strategic merger to form a scaled national indoor farming company that will operate under the 80 Acres Farms name and be headquartered in Hamilton, Ohio. The combined business unites 80 Acres' GroLoop technology and indoor farming operations with Soli's retail footprint and agronomic expertise, serving more than 17,000 storefronts and projecting nearly $200 million in first-year revenues.

Wilbur-Ellis Nutrition has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire F.L. Emmert, a 140-year-old family-owned manufacturer of animal nutritional solutions based in Cincinnati, Ohio. The deal (subject to customary closing conditions) adds Emmert's R&D capabilities and product portfolio in pet, livestock and aquaculture markets to Wilbur-Ellis' Nutrition division and expands its pet food ingredient offering.

Platte River Equity has made a majority investment in Turf Care Supply, LLC, partnering with the company's management team which rolled a significant equity stake. Turf Care, headquartered in Brunswick, Ohio, is a formulator and blender of coated nitrogen and other fertilizer products (including the Allied Nutrients division) and will work with Platte River to pursue organic growth and acquisition opportunities.

Roebling Capital Partners and Strength Capital Partners completed a majority recapitalization of Chemlock Nutrition, a Cincinnati-area developer and distributor of high‑purity specialty feed additives. Northcreek Mezzanine and Harbert Credit Solutions participated as subordinated debt lenders and equity co‑investors while Enterprise Bank provided the senior term loan; proceeds will fund R&D, technical hires and new product innovation to accelerate growth.

Lesaffre, through its Agrauxine business unit, has acquired Advanced Biological Marketing (ABM), a Van Wert, Ohio-based developer and manufacturer of biological seed treatments, biostimulants and foliar biopesticides. The deal strengthens Agrauxine's presence and R&D/manufacturing capabilities in the United States and broadens Lesaffre's portfolio in crop bioprotection and bionutrition.

Jushi Holdings Inc. signed a definitive agreement to acquire OhiGrow, LLC and Ohio Green Grow LLC, two licensed Ohio cultivators, for $5.0 million in cash. The acquisition (subject to regulatory approvals) gives Jushi a ~10,000 sq. ft. cultivation facility in Toledo to supply biomass to its Ohio processing operations and advance vertical integration in the Ohio medical cannabis market.

Pittsburgh-based private equity firm Incline Equity Partners has acquired BFG Supply, a distributor of horticulture and lawn & garden consumable products, from Parallel49 Equity. BFG, headquartered in Burton, Ohio, supplies professional growers and retail garden centers and will partner with Incline to pursue geographic and product expansion and strategic add-on acquisitions.