Midwestern BioAg (MBA) is a specialty agriculture company that sells fertilizers, soil amendments, seeds, and animal nutrition products as part of a comprehensive soil management consulting practice for farmers. MBA uses biological farming; a systems-based approach to agriculture that increases yield per acre while focusing on soil health to produce crops that are more resistant to pests and diseases. MBA reduces the need for chemical fertilizer and pesticides, which in turn decreases the runoff of point source pollution from farms to neighboring watersheds and reduces greenhouse gas emissions.
Regions Impacted
USA’s Midwest
Investment Date
June 2016
Amount Invested
$500,000 US Dollars
Exit
MBA believes consolidation by an agrochemical or agriculture biotech company as a likely means of exit for equity investors. It would be uncomfortable selling to Monsanto due to concerns about impact dilution, but it has expressed openness to all other buyers.
Impact Metrics for 2017
- 306,900 sustainable acres under conventional management
- 82,900 sustainable acres under organic management
- 427,200 metric tonnes of GHG emissions avoided
- 523,600 metric tonnes of GHG emission sequestered
- 19,544,000 pounds of nitrogen reduced