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Pinion applies decades of experience creating proactive, long-term solutions for farmers, ranchers, landowners, and businesses in the food and agriculture industry.
We Are Food and Ag
90+ years dedicated to food and agriculture and its communities
Many of our advisors have stood in your boots — we know your business because many of us grew up on farms or are still actively involved in our own farms and ranches. We meet you where you are. Pinion is embedded throughout the U.S. supply chain and globally to positively impact the future of farming and food production — from policy to plate.
“I see them as a long-term partner, as our farm continues to grow and flourish.”
-Anthony Schroeder, Schroeder’s Grain Farm
Agribusiness Advisors
Overcome today’s challenges, plan for tomorrow’s opportunities
Pinion advisors have a vested interest in your success. As a firm dedicated to food and agriculture, our work with producers, input suppliers, processors, packagers, distributors, landowners, lenders, and many agencies and policy organizations is your competitive advantage.
We’ll help you navigate challenges and opportunities big and small. From Ag programs, tax policies, and farm financials to risk management, back office, land, and sustainability solutions – our ag-focused advisors provide valuable insights needed to make strategic business decisions.
We offer the ideas, insights, and solutions you need to secure your legacy and continue feeding the world.
Animal Protein
Focused on protein market businesses: meat, fiber, milk, eggs, and other products, our services address the needs and challenges of cattle, poultry, and hog livestock and feedyards, dairy production, and aquaculture operations. We provide keen insights and innovative solutions for your most pressing business decisions, driving you towards more sustainable and profitable operations.
Commodity Crops
Expert advisory services for agricultural producers of grain, wheat, soybeans, corn, potatoes, cotton, and various other row crops. Pinion’s proactive specialists understand the complexities of farming operations and apply Ag-focused knowledge and strategy to help increase efficiency, maximize profitability, manage financials and tax strategies, and secure your long-term outlook.
Permanent and Specialty Crops
For many decades, we have helped vegetable, fruit, nut, and forest plantation growers, producers, and manufacturers achieve financial prosperity and longevity. Our distinctive farm-focused insights provide innovative solutions that allow for productive results and strategic growth across the specialty crop supply chain, from soil to production to processing to plate.
Family. Business. Legacy. Pinion focuses on what matters most to you.
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Make Every Season Growing Season
Pinion’s strategic consulting services blend rich industry insights and resources to help you survive volatility, expand your productivity, save money, increase your profits, and prepare for generational wealth.
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 food & ag market challenges, tax law, and compliance needs. Get expertise in tax strategy and a proactive partner for long-term planning.
- Tax analysis & strategy
- Compliance with tax laws and requirements
- Tailored industry advisory for deductions and credits
Food & Ag Consulting
Our ag-focused advisors take a holistic view of your business to forecast and capture opportunities, mitigate challenges, and 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
What Sets Us Apart
A Shared Passion
Whether you are a farmer, rancher, grower, operator, or producer, your work is both your livelihood and your legacy.
You need a partner that has a deeper understanding of what’s happening in your industry, to provide specialized and valuable insights into the challenges impacting your business.
Pinion is embedded throughout your value supply chain — from policy to plate. We work with producers, input suppliers, processors, packagers, distributors, biofuel manufacturers, equipment dealerships, landowners, lenders, and many agencies and policy organizations — to positively impact the future of farming and food production that feeds the world.
Grow profits and manage margins
Increase agricultural output and crop production
Seize new opportunities
Survive market volatility
Incorporate sustainability practices
Build a legacy that lives on
On his first day in office, President Trump sought to make a significant display of his priorities by issuing dozens of executive actions. Executive orders
- Animal Protein, Biofuels, Commodity Crops, Farm Business Management, Food & Agriculture, Food And Beverage, Government & Public Affairs, Permanent & Specialty Crops
What key issues will your agricultural operation face over the next 20 years? Are your concerns in line with other producers’ worries? Farming has grown
- Animal Protein, Commodity Crops, Farm Business Management, Farm Program Services, Food & Agriculture, Peer Group Programs, Permanent & Specialty Crops, Strategic Advisory
The IRS issued an increase in the standard mileage rates for business travel, effective January 1, 2025. While the IRS states that standard mileage rates
- Accounting, Animal Protein, Architects & Engineers, Beverage Distribution, Biofuels, Commodity Crops, Construction, Equipment Dealers, Financial Institutions, Food & Agriculture, Food And Beverage, Government & Public Affairs, Healthcare, HR Services, IT Consulting, Land Advisory, Manufacturing, News Room, Not-for-Profits, Permanent & Specialty Crops, Tax Compliance & Strategy
The dust is still settling from the Presidential election, but if you are a dairy farmer, you have another weighty vote to cast. The proposed
- Animal Protein, Farm Business Management, Food & Agriculture, Risk Management
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Jeanne Bernick, Lead Advisor – Food & Ag Production