Agriculture Advisory Services
Protecting Value Through Sector-Specific Insight
Pivot >'s agriculture team delivers value through sector-specific judgment and disciplined execution in complex, time-sensitive situations.
We bring deep, practical experience across food, agriculture, and beverage systems, informed by real-world operating environments and a clear understanding of seasonality, production risk, and complexity across the agricultural value chain.
Liquidity & Working Capital Management
- Helping stakeholders understand where cash is generated, constrained or at risk.
- Short-term liquidity assessments and 13-week cash flow modeling
- Working capital diagnostics tied to seasonality, inventory and receivables
- Covenant analysis, downside cases and lender communication support
- Independent perspectives to support credit decisions and restructuring paths
Operational & Financial Diligence
- Translating operational complexity into lender and investor grade insights.
- Quality of earnings and normalization tied to operational drivers
- Yield, labor, throughput and cost structure analysis across the value chain
- Identification of operational risks that impact valuation or recoverability
- Integration of financial, operational and commercial diligence findings
Operational Stabilization & Performance Improvement
- Where performance is under pressure, moving beyond diagnosis into execution.
- Rapid operational assessments to identify cash, margin and throughput opportunities
- Hands on support to management teams during periods of disruption
- KPI frameworks and performance reporting aligned with stakeholder needs
- Targeted initiatives to improve margin, working capital and cash conversion
Transaction & Restructuring Support
- Supporting complex capital events with a practical, execution oriented mindset.
- Pre and post transaction operational support
- Carve out, separation and integration planning
- Asset repositioning and divestiture preparation
- Coordination with legal, financial and lender advisors throughout the process
Sustainability, ESG & Regenerative Agriculture
- Translating sustainability and ESG priorities into measurable, operational outcomes.
- Emissions benchmarking and sustainability strategy
- Circular economy and regenerative sourcing models
- Supply chain alignment with ESG performance goals
Inefficiencies in Processing & Manufacturing
- Driving efficiency, yield, and equipment effectiveness through operational improvement.
- Lean transformation and process redesign
- Yield optimization and waste reduction initiatives
- Performance dashboards to drive continuous improvement
- Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) analysis
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Meet our Agriculture Experts
Jeremy Lee
Managing Director
Jeremy leads strategic, operational, and financial advisory services for U.S. agribusiness clients. With 30 years’ experience across agribusiness, transportation, and finance, he drives turnarounds, optimizes capital structures, and applies data-driven strategies to improve profitability and enterprise value.
Eric Thor
Sr. Director
Eric is an agribusiness finance leader with deep expertise in land strategy, water resource management, and complex agricultural transactions. He has led over $1 billion in land deals, managed major financing portfolios, and advanced alternative land uses and water projects. His investment and operational experience strengthens Pivot’s agriculture and natural-resource work.
Sarah Rohr, PhD
Director
Sarah is a PhD agricultural economist and brings deep expertise in sustainable agriculture, value chains, market and international economics, and consumer analytics grounded in both academic research and practical experience. Her additional background in project management and platform development makes her a key asset to Pivot’s work in food and agriculture.