Competitive Landscape — §180 / Legacy Nutrient Deduction market

June 2026 · Competitive monitoring brief · SEO layer from SEMrush (US, Jun 2026)

Updated Jun 30, 2026 · today

What matters this month

Advanced Agrilytics is the one to watch. It has the widest reach by far, just teased an AI agronomy platform launching this fall, and its Residual Fertility Valuation program goes straight at our core work by competing on how defensible the numbers are rather than on price. It buys almost no ads, so its pull is organic and event-driven.
BirdDog is the most aggressive advertiser, but the channels tell different stories. Its Google ads sell land leasing and hunting, while its Facebook ads sell the soil deduction at $750 to $2,000 an acre. The tax pitch is one wedge inside a broader landowner platform, and the no-fee hunting marketplace is the recurring-revenue engine.
The clearest head-to-head tax players are The Agronomic Consulting Group, which spends on blunt Section 180 write-off Google ads, and EarthOptics, which keeps its ads off the tax angle and leads with a free soil-risk report. EarthOptics is the awkward one: we partner with them and they sell the deduction directly, and since their sampling is in-house, the partner named in their ads is neither us nor BirdDog.
Two calls worth making. Soil Tax Guys publishes a public log of every deal it closes, which builds a kind of trust we do not match, so it is worth deciding whether to publish a redacted version of our own. And AcreBack is a referral marketplace rather than a rival, so it may be a channel to partner with instead of fight.
Two new names to verify, SoilTaxPro and Accelerate AgriTax, both selling the deduction directly. The trademark term only shows up in places that credit us, so nothing to act on there yet.

Activity rankingranked by activity

#	Competitor	Activity	Δ	Positioning	Flags
1	BirdDog	88	—	Landowner platform; Section 180 plus a hunting marketplace	34 Google + 18 Meta ads, the heaviest paid presence
2	Advanced Agrilytics	78	—	Precision-ag platform; Section 180 up to $2,000/ac	10K LinkedIn, biggest reach; new AI platform coming
3	EarthOptics	74	—	Sensor-first soil data; Section 180 done in-house	partner and competitor
4	The Agronomic Consulting Group	58	—	Section 180 only; owns section180.ag	17 Google ads, hard tax pitch
5	ServiTech	50	—	Heritage agronomy with a Section 180 line	3.5K LinkedIn, actively posting
6	CropQuest	46	—	Excess Soil Fertility Study since 2020	9 Google ads; runs its own Section 180 event
7	Soil Tax Guys / ASM Labs	38	—	Section 180 boutique; publishes its deal log	transparency play
8	AcreBack	36	—	Referral marketplace, free to landowners	could be a channel, not just a rival
9	Heartland Soil Services	35	—	Kansas sampler, reaches owners via Facebook	—
10	E4 Crop Intelligence	32	—	Section 180 next to carbon; software pivot	—
11	Crop Tech Solutions	22	—	Promotes Section 180 mainly on Facebook	low signal
12	Agrigrowth Consulting	18	—	Section 180 explainer videos only	verify

Activity reflects active Google & Meta ads, social posting, and event presence — not spend. Neither platform publishes spend for commercial advertisers, so there is no spend column.

SEO & keyword landscapeSEMrush · US · Jun 2026

#	Competitor	Domain	Organic traffic	Total visits	Authority	Top organic keyword	Geography
1	EarthOptics	earthoptics.com SEMrush ↗	1.4K/mo	3,256	28	earthoptics (#1)	National — ~45 states
2	ServiTech	servitech.com SEMrush ↗	1.3K/mo	1,121	24	servitech (#1)	Regional — ~8 Great Plains/Corn Belt states
3	BirdDog	birddogit.com SEMrush ↗	1.2K/mo	10,004	25	birddogit (#1)	National — ~29 states (TX-skewed)
4	Boa Safra Ag (us)	boasafraag.com SEMrush ↗	899/mo	3,586	25	boa safra ag (#1)	—
5	CropQuest	cropquest.com SEMrush ↗	589/mo	5,100	25	crop quest (#1)	Regional — 7 High Plains states
6	Advanced Agrilytics	advancedagrilytics.com SEMrush ↗	339/mo	324	22	advanced agrilytics (#1)	Regional — Midwest/Corn Belt, ~11 states
7	Heartland Soil Services	heartlandsoilservices.com SEMrush ↗	191/mo	—	17	heartland soil services (#1)	Regional — KS/CO/WY/MT (~260k sq mi)
8	E4 Crop Intelligence	e4cropintelligence.com SEMrush ↗	90/mo	186	17	e4 crop intelligence (#1)	Regional — western Iowa / Corn Belt
9	Soil Tax Guys / ASM Labs	soiltaxguys.com SEMrush ↗	7/mo	—	12	section 180 deduction calculator (#1)	National-leaning; IL-based, multi-state reach unconfirmed
10	The Agronomic Consulting Group	section180.ag SEMrush ↗	0/mo	0	2	section 180 tax deduction (#9)	National — continental US (no published state list)
11	AcreBack	acreback.com SEMrush ↗	—	—	0	—	National referral marketplace — 40+ states
12	SoilTaxPro	soiltaxpro.com SEMrush ↗	no SEMrush profile	0	—	PLR 9211007 (#5)	Unknown HQ; claims nationwide (Corn Belt/Plains)
13	Accelerate AgriTax	accelerate-tbs.com SEMrush ↗	no SEMrush profile	0	—	none in organic top 10	Central Texas (Waco area); markets nationally
14	Crop Tech Solutions	—	no website	—	—	n/a	Regional — Sioux Falls, SD; ~7-state Plains
15	Agrigrowth Consulting	—	no website	—	—	n/a	Regional — Sioux Falls, SD; ~7-state Plains

Monthly traffic is a 30-day average. Organic traffic = SEMrush US organic estimate (monthly); total visits = SEMrush Traffic Analytics (May 2026); domain authority = SEMrush Authority Score (0–100).

Keywords to defend

We rank or compete here and a rival is pressing — protect these.

section 180 deductionE4 (#6)Highest-volume core §180 term (390/mo) and our best position — we rank #3. E4 is the only competitor near it (#6). Push to #1; this is the one to own.
legacy nutrient deductionsOur brand term — we rank #1 (260/mo). Defend via the trademark watch; no rival ranks for it.
boa safra ag / boa safraBrand navigational queries we own (#1). Protect against competitor conquesting.

Keywords to capitalize on

High-intent terms nobody owns yet, or where rivals are weak — go win these.

section 180 tax deductionE4 #5, ACG #9140/mo, and the field is weak — top rankers have <0.01% traffic and low authority. A strong money page can take it.
irs section 180E4 #6320/mo, only E4 ranks (and weakly). High-volume, wide open.
section 180ACG #14, Soil Tax Guys #60Biggest head term (320/mo) but nobody owns it organically — positions are scattered in the teens-to-60s. Long-term authority play.
section 180 deduction calculatorSoil Tax Guys #1Tool-intent term Soil Tax Guys grabbed with a thin site — a real calculator on our domain would outrank it.
inherited / newly purchased farmland deductionopenHigh-intent long-tail nobody ranks for — dedicated pages map to the exact buyer moment.

The headline: the entire §180 organic field is weak. The exact-match section180.ag has Authority Score 2 and ~0 organic traffic; BirdDog, EarthOptics, Advanced Agrilytics and ServiTech rank only for their own brand names. Boa Safra already has the strongest §180 organic position (top Authority Score at 25, the largest backlink base at 84.9K, #3 for 'section 180 deduction', and #1 for 'legacy nutrient deductions') and shows up as a top organic competitor on nearly every rival's report. Modest investment in dedicated §180 money/intent pages could let us own the category in search — no competitor is seriously contesting it organically. Branded terms (Advanced Agrilytics' 'residual fertility valuation', competitors' company names) aren't worth chasing.

Per-competitor detail12 tracked

BirdDog

birddogit.com

Chappell Hill, TX · National — ~29 states (TX-skewed)

competitor88

A landowner intelligence platform that helps owners make and save money in one place. Section 180 is the way in, sitting alongside hunting and farm leases, financing, insurance, and conservation programs.

Section 180 / residual fertility tax workHunting and farm lease marketplace (zero commission)Financing and insuranceConservation programsAI land insights

GoogleBirdDog Adventures Inc · 34 ads

“Lease your land with confidence — BirdDog makes renting farmland simple and fair, earn steady revenue
“Texas private-land hunting: book dove, deer, and upland hunts fast, no red tape
“Sitelinks: Landowner Platform and Optimize Landowner Taxes

Meta18 active · 11 creatives

“Own farmland, ranchland, or timberland you purchased in the last 10 years?
“Your soil may have significant deduction value sitting in it right now.
“$750 to $2,000 per acre in potential tax deductions, with an IRS-ready report straight to your CPA.
“List with no fees and manage all your bookings in one place.
“The hunting marketplace built for you.

Social

Facebook:: Posts cast BirdDog as a one-stop land intelligence platform tying together hunt booking, Section 180, leasing, farming, and finance, in a confident, playful #birddogit voice.
Instagram:: Same one-stop-platform pitch as Facebook, aimed at landowners across leasing, hunting, and the tax angle.
LinkedIn:: 2,250 followers. Recent posts cover hosted hunting and fishing trips, the CEO's podcast, and a Ted Nugent partnership.
YouTube:: Small channel, around 195 subscribers, with a landowner-platform overview.

EventsRuns its own invite-style BirdDog Shootout dove hunt in Texas and partners on hunting and fishing outings rather than ag trade shows.

SEOAS 25 · 1.2K/mo (-19%) organic · 10,004 visits · 1.3K keywords

birddogit#1 · vol 110
when does hunting season end#4 · vol 1.3K
birddog hunting#1 · vol 90
bird dog#13 · vol 40.5K
bird dog#16 · vol 40.5K

Organic traffic is hunting/brand-driven ("birddogit", "when does hunting season end"); its §180 push is a paid play, not organic SEO.

Title 'BirdDog | Land Intelligence Platform'; meta leads with 'Section 180 tax deductions, land leasing, conservation…'. §180 is one wedge in a broad land-intelligence pitch.

The most aggressive advertiser in the field, and the only one running clearly different pitches by channel. On Google it sells land leasing and hunting; on Facebook it sells the soil deduction at $750 to $2,000 an acre with a report sent to the buyer's CPA. Selling direct to landowners through a free account, and wrapping the deduction inside a wider platform, is what sets it apart from a straight tax service.

Advanced Agrilytics

advancedagrilytics.com

Indianapolis, IN · Regional — Midwest/Corn Belt, ~11 states

competitor78

Precision agronomy sold as data, software, and services. Its Residual Fertility Valuation program documents Section 180 deductions of up to $2,000 an acre and pitches them as defensible rather than generic.

Residual Fertility Valuation (Section 180)TerraSIGNAL decision supportTerraEDGE and TerraSYNC spatial dataTerraFUND sustainability programs

GoogleAdvanced Agrilytics, LLC · 3 ads

“Predictable profitability: want predictable farm profitability?
“Transform your acres: optimize every acre, every input
“Sitelinks include a 180 Tax Discussion and the Science Behind 180

MetaNo active Meta ads right now. They are dark on paid Facebook and Instagram, which stands out against the others.

Social

Facebook:: The feed is built around launching TerraSIGNAL, an AI-native agronomy platform on sub-acre data due this fall, with a polished, enterprise tone that pointedly contrasts itself with generic AI on public datasets.
Instagram:: Describes a team of agronomists and scientists helping aggressive growers read their field data; expertise-forward and grower-focused.
LinkedIn:: 10,111 followers, the widest reach in this set. Posts cover in-season soil-variability observations, a TopSoil Summit sponsorship, and the Section 180 report angle.
X / Twitter:: @agrilytics is active with a new agronomy hire, a program-results video, and Summit promotion, though engagement is low.
YouTube:: Active channel with a TerraSIGNAL launch, winter agronomy, and grower case studies.

EventsExhibits at the 2026 Commodity Classic in San Antonio and runs its own Innovation Summits and Section 180 webinars.

SEOAS 22 · 339/mo (-7.6%) organic · 324 visits · 245 keywords

advanced agrilytics#1 · vol 390
rick reigner#2 · vol 40
mutiny crop performance#6 · vol 260
advanced agriculture#6 · vol 110

Only ~339 organic visits/mo, almost all brand terms — its reach is LinkedIn + events, not search. Does not rank on §180 organically.

RFV page H1 'Residual Fertility Valuation'; tightly optimized for residual fertility / RFV / §180 tax terms.

The incumbent by reach, with five times BirdDog's LinkedIn following and a steady content stream, yet it buys almost no ads. Its go-to-market runs on organic reach, events, and a precision-ag platform, with Section 180 added as one more reason to buy. The Residual Fertility Valuation program is the sharpest direct threat to our core work, since it competes on how well the numbers hold up rather than on price.

EarthOptics

earthoptics.com

Minneapolis, MN · National — ~45 states

partner & competitor74

A soil-data company built on its own sensors and lab, selling fewer, cheaper, more accurate samples than grid testing. Section 180 fertility deductions sit alongside agronomy and carbon planning.

360 PRO total farm program (around $4 an acre)TruNutrient soil analysisCarbon and agronomic planningSection 180 fertility deduction sampling and reporting

GoogleNo verified Google advertiser found. They do not appear to run Google Search ads.

Meta9 active · 12 creatives

“Know what to expect before the season starts.
“You know your fields. But do you know what's costing you?
“What's really impacting your yield in 2026?
“This free report breaks down fertility gaps, pathogen risks, and yield trends across the Midwest, backed by real field data.
“Know your field risks in 2026. Download the Ag Report.

Social

Facebook:: Tightly focused on soil, positioning the company as turning soil data into clear, actionable insight by pairing sensing technology with lab testing for fertility, biology, and compaction.
Instagram:: Leans on a See Soil Differently line and a mission of building a global soil cloud for more sustainable farming, a vision-and-sustainability tone.
LinkedIn:: 8,009 followers. Posts cover soybean-cyst and biology testing, the 2026 Predictive Ag Report, and a pitch that stacks fertility tax credits with carbon and regenerative revenue.
X / Twitter:: @EarthOptics is verified and active, and was the sole soil-analysis provider for the 2025 FIRST Trials.
YouTube:: Mostly dealer and podcast coverage rather than their own channel.

EventsExhibits at the 2026 Commodity Classic and presented at the 2026 EarthX Conference in Dallas.

SEOAS 28 · 1.4K/mo (-10%) organic · 3,256 visits · 189 keywords

earthoptics#1 · vol 590
earth optics#1 · vol 480
earthoptics company#1 · vol 170
pattern ag#1 · vol 140
earthoptics news#1 · vol 70

Highest Authority Score in the set (28) on a big backlink base, but organic traffic is brand-name driven — not ranking on §180 terms.

§180 page title 'Partnering With You for IRS Section 180', H1 'Fertility Tax Deduction'. Site-wide meta is generic soil-data boilerplate (not page-specific).

They sit on both sides of the table. We work with them on soil data, they supply BirdDog, and they sell Section 180 directly. Their ads stay off the tax angle and lead instead with a free yield-risk report as a lead magnet. One thing worth stating plainly: their Section 180 sampling and lab work is done in-house, and only the tax filing goes to an outside affiliate, so the third-party sampling partner named in their marketing is neither us nor BirdDog.

The Agronomic Consulting Group

section180.ag

West Point, NE · National — continental US (no published state list)

competitor58

A Section 180 brand on the exact-match section180.ag domain, positioned as the Midwest's preferred provider, with more than $250 million in deductions claimed and a century of collective consulting experience.

Section 180 residual fertility reportingNationwide soil samplingReports for the landowner and their CPAFarm planning

GoogleThe Agronomic Consulting Group · 17 ads

“Farm write-off for taxes: IRS Section 180 and farm deduction, you may qualify for significant savings
“Qualify for a farm tax exemption, now is the time
“Sitelinks: Farm Tax Write-Off for Land and Tax Deductions for Farms

MetaMeta ads not reviewed this period.

Social

LinkedIn:: No company page found.
X / Twitter:: @TheACG_Ag. One Section 180 post drew the strongest single-post engagement seen from any competitor.
YouTube:: Founder interviews and an RFD-TV appearance.

SEOAS 2 · 0/mo (+100%) organic · 0 visits · 16 keywords

section 180 tax deduction#9 · vol 140
section 180#14 · vol 320
tax code 180#25 · vol 30
section 180#38 · vol 320

Authority Score 2 and ~0 organic traffic despite owning the exact-match domain — its reach is bought (Google Ads), not earned in search.

Title 'Home - The ACG Section 180'; meta touts 'Helped Landowners Unlock Over $250 Million'; H1 'Navigating the IRS Section 180…'. Branded §180 intent.

The most direct tax-first rival on Google, running blunt Section 180 write-off ads that lean on a large proof point and Midwest credibility. It owns the obvious domain but does little on social, so its reach rides on search and referrals rather than a content engine.

ServiTech

servitech.com

Dodge City, KS · Regional — ~8 Great Plains/Corn Belt states

competitor50

A heritage agronomy firm marking more than fifty years of soil and crop consulting, offering Section 180 reporting inside a full agronomy service line.

Agronomy and soil testingSection 180 reporting

GoogleNo verified Google advertiser found.

MetaNo advertiser Page reviewed this period; a Section 180 video runs on their Facebook.

Social

LinkedIn:: 3,477 followers and actively managed, with weekly territory crop updates and spring scouting notes.

EventsExhibits at CattleCon 2026 in Nashville and works the cattle-feeder show circuit.

SEOAS 24 · 1.3K/mo (+12%) organic · 1,121 visits · 355 keywords

servitech#1 · vol 480
servi tech#1 · vol 390
servi tech jobs#1 · vol 320
servi tech laboratories#1 · vol 170
servitech laboratories#1 · vol 90

1.3K organic visits but entirely brand/jobs/lab terms; its §180 page does not rank organically.

§180 page H1 'Lower Your Tax Burden with the 180 Nutrient Tax Deduction' (~$1,500/ac). Site-wide title generic; meta empty.

Competes on tenure and agronomic depth rather than a tax-first pitch. Its LinkedIn is the third-largest here and genuinely active, so it keeps reaching growers steadily without paying for ads.

CropQuest

cropquest.com

Dodge City, KS · Regional — 7 High Plains states

competitor46

A Kansas agronomy firm running an Excess Soil Fertility Study line for Section 180 since 2020, with the work reportedly growing quickly.

Excess Soil Fertility Study (Section 180)Crop consultingGrid sampling

GoogleCrop Quest, Inc. · 9 ads

“Local agronomists helping farmers make sound decisions all season long
“Use soil data to apply nutrients efficiently; see where to apply and where to save with grid sampling
“Document your soil value with accurate residual nutrient testing
“Know what's in your soil: accurate data, better decisions

MetaMeta ads not reviewed this period.

Social

LinkedIn:: An unmanaged, auto-created listing the company has not claimed, with no posts.

EventsHosts its own Grower Focus 2026 day in Dodge City, Kansas, on legacy planning, land transitions, and Section 180.

SEOAS 25 · 589/mo (-21%) organic · 5,100 visits · 883 keywords

crop quest#1 · vol 140
water holding capacity#1 · vol 390
cotton farm#11 · vol 1.9K
clay capacity to retain water#2 · vol 390
how to monitor crop health using satellites#7 · vol 1K

Largest keyword set (883) but organic traffic is general agronomy content (water holding capacity, crop health), not §180.

Title 'Excess Soil Fertility Study - Crop Quest'; H1 'Excess Soil Fertility Study' + H2 'Unlock Tax Savings Through Section 180'.

A regional agronomy shop that has quietly built a Section 180 line over several years and now backs it with a modest paid-Google presence and its own grower event. Worth keeping in defensive ad targeting, since it had slipped past us before.

Soil Tax Guys / ASM Labs

soiltaxguys.com

Champaign, IL · National-leaning; IL-based, multi-state reach unconfirmed

competitor38

A Section 180 boutique for ag land buyers, run by a single credentialed agronomist, promising transparent math and CPA-ready reports.

Section 180 soil-nutrient deduction analysisSoil testingCPA-ready documentation

GoogleNo verified Google advertiser found.

MetaNo active ads found.

Social

LinkedIn:: 9 followers and no posts.
YouTube:: A small channel with a short on getting a Section 180 deduction.

EventsSponsors The Chicago Farmers at a platinum level and turns up on ag podcasts rather than trade-show booths.

SEOAS 12 · 7/mo (+31%) organic · 17 keywords

section 180 deduction calculator#1 · vol 50
section 180 deduction calculator#4 · vol 50
residual soil fertility deduction#37 · vol 70
section 180#60 · vol 320
tax write offs for farmers#46 · vol 40

Tiny (7 organic visits/mo) but owns the tool-intent term 'section 180 deduction calculator' (#1) — a niche worth a calculator page of our own.

Title 'Soil Tax Guys' (no meta); H1 'IRS Section 180'; 'Backed by Science, built for CPAs'.

Tiny on reach but distinctive in approach. It publishes a public log of more than 150 closed deals with per-acre and total figures by county and crop, a transparency move we do not match, and anchors price low at about $40 an acre. One point to hold quietly: a former Boa Safra team member works here, so going head to head is relationship-sensitive.

AcreBack

acreback.com

HQ undisclosed · National referral marketplace — 40+ states

competitor36

A free-to-landowner marketplace that connects owners to soil-fertility deduction specialists, pitching $600 to $3,500 an acre and working alongside the owner's existing CPA.

Eligibility checkMatching to a regional provider within a dayProvider-run sampling, lab, and an audit-ready reportSavings estimator

GoogleNo verified Google advertiser found.

MetaNo active ads found.

Social

LinkedIn:: No company page.

SEOAS 0 · no organic footprint organic · n/a keywords

No organic footprint at all (Authority Score 0, not in Google's top 100) — a pure referral / lead-gen play.

Title 'AcreBack | Turn Your Land Into Tax Savings'; meta '$600-$3,500 per acre… free assessment'. Targets farmland tax savings / §180/167/168/611.

Not a service provider but a referral layer. It is free to landowners, paid by a network of partner specialists, and routes owners to a regional provider within a day. It cites Sections 180, 167, 168, and 611 and positions against the owner's own accountant. Because it works as a channel rather than a rival, it may be worth a partnership conversation instead of a fight.

Heartland Soil Services

heartlandsoilservices.com

Cunningham, KS · Regional — KS/CO/WY/MT (~260k sq mi)

competitor35

A Kansas soil-sampling firm offering Section 180 reports, active on Facebook with landowner explainer videos.

Soil samplingSection 180 reports

GoogleA domain search returned an unrelated advertiser, so treat any Google ad presence as unverified.

MetaReaches new owners mainly through Facebook video rather than paid search.

Social

LinkedIn:: An unmanaged, auto-created listing, not claimed by the company.

SEOAS 17 · 191/mo (+28%) organic · 35 keywords

heartland soil services#1 · vol 170
soil sampling#7 · vol 1K
soil testing for gardens#7 · vol 210
soil samples near me#5 · vol 170
soil sampling near me#4 · vol 40

Ranks for generic 'soil sampling' queries, not §180 — a soil-data site rather than a tax competitor.

Title 'Heartland Soil Services | soil sampling | Cunningham, KS'; meta on 'soil sampling, soil health, grid sampling'. Does NOT target §180 terms.

A smaller regional sampler whose reach comes mostly from Facebook video aimed at new landowners.

E4 Crop Intelligence

e4cropintelligence.com

Woodbine, IA · Regional — western Iowa / Corn Belt

competitor32

A long-running precision-ag firm with a 25-year soil dataset that now sells software and places Section 180 next to carbon credits.

E4 Vision softwareSoil and precision-ag servicesSection 180 alongside carbon

GoogleNo verified Google advertiser found.

MetaSection 180 posts run on their Facebook rather than as paid ads.

Social

LinkedIn:: 345 followers. Posts cover planter maintenance, field insights, and a Section 180 pitch for inherited or purchased ground.

EventsLists no upcoming events; the only sponsorship found is a local Applefest car show in Iowa.

SEOAS 17 · 90/mo (+15%) organic · 186 visits · 139 keywords

e4 crop intelligence#1 · vol 40
soil properties of north eastern iowa#8 · vol 880
section 180 deduction#6 · vol 390
irs section 180#6 · vol 320
section 180 tax deduction#5 · vol 140

Punches above its size on §180 organically — #5 'section 180 tax deduction', #6 'irs section 180' and 'section 180 deduction'. The one real organic §180 competitor despite tiny traffic.

Title '~Home - E4 Crop Intelligence'; H1 'Expertise for Your Field!'; a 'Section 180 Tax Strategy' article exists but §180 isn't the homepage focus. Appears in 'People also ask', not organic top 10.

Bundles the deduction into a broader software and agronomy story rather than leading with it, and its reach is modest.

Crop Tech Solutions

Gothenburg, NE · Regional — central/SW Nebraska

competitor22

A Nebraska outfit promoting a Section 180 service mainly through Facebook, with a thin website footprint.

Section 180 service, promoted on Facebook

GoogleNo website domain on file, so no Google search was run.

MetaActive Section 180 promotion on Facebook.

Social

Facebook:: Promotes a Section 180 service to local landowners.

Low-signal and regional, surfaced only through Facebook. Worth watching, but not a real threat yet.

Agrigrowth Consulting

Sioux Falls, SD · Regional — ~7-state Upper-Midwest/Plains

competitor18

Surfaces only through YouTube explainer videos on Section 180, with no clear service site confirmed.

Section 180 explainer content

GoogleNo website domain on file, so no Google search was run.

MetaNo ad presence found.

Social

YouTube:: Section 180 explainer videos.

The weakest signal in the set, a content presence without a confirmed service. Worth a closer look before treating it as a competitor.

Appendix

New entrants to verify

SoilTaxPro — A standalone Section 180 service with soil sampling, nutrient modeling, market-based valuation, a CPA-ready report, and a money-back guarantee, with Illinois and Iowa testimonials. Separate from Soil Tax Guys.
Accelerate AgriTax — A residual-nutrient deduction service citing Sections 180, 167, 168, and 611, using forensic agronomy and a valuation tied to a private letter ruling, and claiming a clean audit record.
@polsia (stealth signal) — A post describing an operating system built for a soil-fertility-valuation business. Possibly an early-stage startup; low confidence.

Trademark watch“Legacy Nutrient Deductions”

madonia.com — Uses the Legacy Nutrient Deductions name, but links to us as the recommended provider, so this reads as friendly amplification rather than misuse.
land.saundersrealestate.com — Uses the term on a page that is a podcast interview with one of our own executives. Friendly.

Excluded (partners): Neal Kinsey / Kinsey Ag Services; Madonia, Peoples Company, LandExpo, DeLong, Saunders, Nationwide, and The Land Report all quote, link to, or sponsor us