Kent Group focuses strictly on agribusiness, food and related industries. Our experience spans the whole continuum, from farm inputs to grocer’s shelf. Whether your company is involved in manufacturing, formulating, marketing, wholesale and retail distribution or application activities, Kent Group can provide the investment banking and financial advisory services vital to enhancing your business and increasing your shareholder value. The following is a partial list of industries in which we have experience.

Crop Agriculture

  • Agronomic inputs
    Fertilizer, crop protection, micronutrients, retail farm centers, crop services, agronomic services
  • Seed and plant science
    Genetic source, research, breeders, producers
  • Crop grain, oilseed and fiber crops
    Grain merchandising, storage, accumulators, distribution, grain marketing
  • Large scale fruit, vegetable, and nut production
  • Grain, oilseed and fiber crop processing
    Flour milling, wet corn milling, ethanol production, oilseed processing, corn refining, starches, food polymers
  • Crop Processing
    Milling, sugar refining

Animal Agriculture

  • Animal Feed
    Feed ingredients, feed concentrates, pre-mixes, supplements, complete feeds, by-products
  • Veterinary products – animal health
  • Vertically integrated animal production

Food

  • Food ingredients, flavorings
  • Food processing – poultry, meat, fish, seafood products
  • Dairy – milk, cheese, yogurt, frozen products
  • Ethnic foods
  • Bakery
  • Cereal and convenience foods
  • Nutraceuticals
  • Protein Specialties - soy isolates, soy concentrates, soy flour, soy grits
  • Frozen, refrigerated, deli, snack, organic, specialty foods


Equipment and Machinery Manufacturing

  • Agricultural
  • Fertilizer application, tillage, harvesting, power units, irrigation
  • Lawn & garden
  • Food processing, production and packaging


Agricultural Commodity Trading Companies

Agricultural Financial Institutions

Cooperatives

Other Related Industries

  • Information services
  • Lawn & garden, nursery, horticultural
    Sod production, golf course maintenance, green and hard goods
  • Pet food
  • Timber