Raven Acquires SBG Precision Farming

Platform Specialty Products Corp. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Chemtura AgroSolutions for approximately $1 billion.

River Country Cooperative, an ag retailer based in South St. Paul, MN, and CHS Inc, have completed their study of a formal business merger between the two and will move the process forward.

Although it’s still early in the year, the pace of consolidation at the ag retail level is quickening.

Pinnacle Agriculture completed a busy acquisition month with the purchase of Arkansas-based Rupert Crafton Commission Co.

East Bernard Milling — Pinnacle’s sixth retail location in southeast Texas — will operate as part of the Sanders brand.

Located in Copeland, KS, Max Birney will operate as part of Pinnacle’s AgOne Application Services brand.

CF Industries has completed the sale of its phosphate business to The Mosaic Co. for $1.4 billion.

Under the agreement, 16 Agrium retail agronomy locations in the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan become part of the Country Operations division of CHS.

Pinnacle Agriculture Holdings has announced the successful acquisition of three retailer operations: New Era Ag, Studer Fertilizer and Whittington-Sanders.

Biagro’s portfolio includes seed-applied inoculants, plant growth-promoting microorganisms and other products for integrated pest management based on bacterial and fungal strains.

BRANDT has formed a joint venture with Innovation Hammer, a company dedicated to improving plant health and yields through field-tested breakthroughs in technologies and science.

Solum Inc. today announced it has changed its name to Granular Inc. and launched a new cloud business software and analytics offering for farmers.

The Climate Corp. announces the acquisition of the soil analysis business line of Solum, Inc., an agriculture technology company.

Voting members of Greenway Cooperative, a diversified ag retailer based in Rochester, MN, has approved a merger with CHS Inc.

Terral RiverService is a river transportation service company specializing in the bulk storage and handling of dry and liquid materials along the Mississippi River system and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway.

Wilbur-Ellis continues its Midwest expansion with the acquisition of Advanced Ag in Creston, IA.

Operating as part of Pinnacle’s Sanders brand, Federer is the third retail location in the immediate area offering custom fertilizer blends, seed and crop protection products and award-winning precision agriculture services.

Cibus Global, Ltd. has acquired the assets of Nucelis Inc., a developer of bio-based chemicals.