Farm & Ranch Business Consultants

Expertly Manage Your Farm Business Financials

Pinion has decades of experience helping farm and ranch owners, managers, and agronomists access new opportunities, improve their operations, and sustain their businesses for generations to come.

We’re here to help your business thrive.

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Turn Your Numbers Into Strategic Business Power

There are many moving parts that keep your farming operations running smoothly.

Your people, your equipment, your business finances, and your land, to name a few. Navigating these factors on your own can be complex. What is the best path forward? How do you improve your margins, increase cash flow, and enhance efficiency?

Pinion farm and ranch business consultants provide high-level accounting and operational expertise that help drive your business forward.

Farm Financial Business Management

Make Sound Decisions that Lead to Productive Results

Our advisors leverage ag-focused resources as well as their extensive experience in the food and agriculture industry to help you address your most pressing questions and challenges.

Get answers from an expert

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Financial Management

  • Can you help me determine which of my crops are making or losing money?
  • I need help with cost allocation and breaking out my variable expenses.
  • I need help analyzing my financials and thinking through major financial and operational decisions.
  • I need help with loan renewals and applications.
  • How much debt can my operation handle?
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Operations Management

  • How can I get my farm set up to be handed off to the next generation?
  • Should I buy new or repair my old farm equipment?
  • How much land and equipment are enough for me to run and own?
  • I need a more cost effective back-office solution.

Proactive Advisory on What Matters Most

Partnering with Pinion is an investment that pays for itself.

Tap higher-level accounting expertise & agricultural advisors

Strengthen your overall financial position

Enhance cash flow, budgeting, and borrowing

Negotiate rental arrangements, secure a tract of land, make successful bids

Increase equipment efficiency and capital expenditures ROI

Calculate profit margins, generate increases, and uncover threats to profitability using analytics

In Today’s Challenging Ag Environment, Knowledge Is Power

Get the support you need to make effective decisions that improve your farming operations for years to come.

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We Know What it Takes to Fill Your Boots

What sets Pinion apart is our depth of resources and expertise, coupled with our passion for helping producers thrive.

Take your operations to the next level with customized guidance and solutions.

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Reliable Data

We measure and leverage valuable agriculture data — from crop yields to vendor invoices and market financials — to help your business thrive.

Trustworthy Insights

We use our shared background and passion for food and ag to provide customized advice that can take farm management and operations to the next level.

Effective Decisions

We help you make sound decisions using ag-industry benchmarking and expertise that protect and advance your farming operations.

Productive Results

See measurable results that improve your margins, productivity, and land usage, and protect the future of your farm.

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Discover what Pinion can do for you:

Expertise Wherever You Need It

A holistic approach to optimal results.

Pinion is dedicated to your business and your success. We navigate the barriers, complexities, and business challenges that stand in your way, cultivating your long-term growth and helping you achieve new opportunities.

Accounting & Back Office Solutions

Capture accurate accounting data and advisory and alleviate compliance and back office challenges so that you can tend to what matters most.

Tax Compliance & Strategy

Specialists in understanding market challenges, tax law, and tax compliance needs. 

Food & Ag Consulting

Our ag-focused advisors take a holistic view of your business to forecast and capture opportunities, mitigate challenges, & drive your food & ag business forward.

Succession Planning

Navigate tough business decisions, family discussions, and entity transitions. Expert estate and gift tax knowledge, trust guidance, long-term goal setting and risk management.

Financial Strategy

Strategic analysis and guidance to navigate transaction deals, satisfy stakeholder needs, and make long-term decisions.

Sustainability

Sustainability tools, solutions, and expert consulting for the food value chain. Customized to meet your sustainability goals.

  • Develop a program and data plan
  • Measure performance
  • Program targets and execution
  • GHG accounting
  • Scope 1, 2, 3 reporting
  • Risk assessments

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Connect With a Farm Management Expert

Work with someone who will evaluate your whole farm operation to assess program challenges, enhance your profitability, and support decision-making.

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Thomas Eatherly, Lead Advisor – Farm Business Management