Pacific Ag

Organization Type

Biomass harvest and supply chain logistics

Supported Feedstocks

All crop residue feedstocks — anything that can be baled.

Organization Overview

Pacific Ag is North America’s largest crop residue harvest and supply company. We are a 26 year old company headquarted in the Pacific Northwest and currently operate in or ship to 27 US states and 2 Canadian Provinces. We go where supply and demand are matched. PA operates the largest biomass harvesting fleet globally. We have 4 offices in the US from which we store and deploy equipment and operators. We have 100 FTE and swell to 250 employees during our peak harvest season. Pacific Ag currently works with 1,200 growers that represent over 4 million acres of farm ground. Our business model is to contract with growers to allow our equipment and operators to harvest 30%-50% of their above-ground biomass. Once in the field, the harvested biomass is owned by Pacific Ag; we manage its storage, transportation and sale to the end-customer. In order to manage this complex value-chain of mobile manufacturing, we have developed a supply chain management system called PowerStock Pro to track grower contracts, field mapping, harvest activities, inventory, logistics and delivery. We have found over the years that in order to control cost, quality and quantity, we have to control the harvest. That means owning the best equipment, using our scale to get the best price and terms, utilize that equipment far beyond any other entity, having expert crew leads and operators working year-round who are experts at their jobs. There is only one Pacific Ag.

Organization Services Offered

Pacific Ag has built some the largest agricultural residue supply chains in the world, but we work with customers of all sizes to meet their biomass feedstock needs. From a feedlot, dairy or mushroom farm that needs corn stover or wheat straw to a large-scale bioconversion facility making fuels, chemicals or materials, Pacific Ag has a long track record and is a credit-worthy counter party to support project development. For a bioconversion facility that needs to understand the feedstock value-chain we are a one-stop shop both early in the development process to provide insight for project siting, cost modeling and decision-support. As a project partner, we will build and operate the feedstock supply chain in an open book cost process. Feedstock is so important, full alignment is essential. Specifically, we offer the following services:

Supply Chain Development and Consulting

• Supporting facility location decisions with analysis relating to feedstock costs/risks
• Supporting economic decision analysis and modeling

Supply Chain Management Services

• Grower Contracting
• Establishment of the supply base
• Local competitive market interactions and management

Harvest and Logistics Services

• Harvest activities, including windrow, bale and field stacking
• Storage – On farm and/or off
• Transportation – from field to storage; from storage to the facility and from field to the facility