AgCertain Industries Acquires Maytag Dairy Farms

Borgman Capital Acquires Dairyfood USA as Add-on to Gilman Cheese

May 31, 2022

Food & Beverage

Milwaukee private equity firm Borgman Capital completed the add-on acquisition of Dairyfood USA, a specialty extended shelf-life cheese processor headquartered in Blue Mounds, Wisconsin. The acquisition will be integrated with Borgman’s platform company Gilman Cheese Corporation to expand product mix, increase production capacity and realize synergies across retail, foodservice and transportation customers.

Gilman Cheese Merges with Dairyfood USA (PE add-on)

May 31, 2022

Food & Beverage

Gilman Cheese Corporation has merged with Dairyfood USA to combine two Wisconsin specialty cheese processors and expand their product mix, including extended shelf-life and naturally smoked cheeses. The deal was announced as an add-on to Gilman’s PE-backed platform (sources reference Midwest Growth Partners and Borgman Capital in connection with Gilman) and aims to broaden capabilities and global distribution for processed cheese products.

Dairy.com Acquires ever.ag

June 28, 2021

Agriculture

Dairy.com has acquired ever.ag to combine AgTech software, commodity brokerage, crop insurance and risk-management capabilities, creating an expanded provider for dairy, grain and livestock customers. The acquisition adds ever.ag team members and technology (including Vault farm software) to Dairy.com's My Dairy Dashboard and Blimling services, increasing the combined organization to over 200 employees across seven global locations.

Misha's Inc. Acquires Vertage

January 15, 2025

Food & Beverage

Misha's Inc., a Los Angeles–based plant-based foods company, has acquired Vertage, a New York–based dairy-free cheese maker, to expand Misha's product line into shredded and sliced cheeses and scale production. The transaction is supported by investors including QVT Financial, Composite Capital Partners, Gaingels, and Fresh Del Monte, the latter providing access to its production and inland logistics capabilities.

Dairy.com, ever.ag and EFC Systems Merge to Form EverAg

February 22, 2022

Agriculture

Dairy.com, ever.ag and EFC Systems combined their businesses to form EverAg, a unified agribusiness company providing supply chain, agronomy, and risk management solutions for dairy, livestock, crops and broader agribusiness. The integrated company is headquartered in Texas and employs approximately 450 people across seven global locations, supporting hundreds of customers and over 200,000 farms.

Ever.Ag Acquires Cainthus

June 21, 2022

Agriculture

Ever.Ag has acquired Cainthus, a Dublin-based computer-vision agtech company that provides AI-enabled cameras and analytics for dairy operations. The acquisition will integrate Cainthus’s passive visual data into Ever.Ag’s My Dairy Dashboard and broader agtech suite to deliver enhanced herd health, feed consumption, and sustainability insights to dairy producers and their supply-chain partners.