Best Startup Scotland
At Best Startup Scotland we track over 100,000 Scottish startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and organisations we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
We’ve ranked the top 20 Farming companies in Scotland. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow. We have included links to their websites, socials and CrunchBase (if you’re interested in their financials).
We selected the organisations listed in this article based on:
- Track record
- Executive leadership
- Market share
- Innovation
- ESG rating
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Top Farming Companies & Startups (Scotland)
Crover
The first provider of an autonomous grain storage monitoring solution for grain merchants and co-operatives
Founder(s): Lorenzo Conti
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Agriculture, AgTech, Farming, Hardware, Industrial, Industrial Automation, Internet of Things, Robotics
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Central Plains Group
Central Plains Group develops sustainable farming solutions and low-cost farming technology.
Founder(s): Mark Laird
Location: Forfar, Angus, United Kingdom
Industries: AgTech, Farming, Green Consumer Goods, Organic, Sustainability
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Grampian Growers
Grampian Growers is a Specialist in the supply of Daffodil cut flowers and bulbs as well as seed potatoes.
Founder(s):
Location: Montrose, Angus, United Kingdom
Industries: Agriculture, Communities, Farming
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The Ethical Dairy
The Ethical Dairy offers traditional artisan unpasteurised cheese.
Founder(s):
Location: Castle Douglas, Dumfries and Galloway, United Kingdom
Industries: Farming, Organic Food
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Shockingly Fresh
Natural light vertical farm technology developer
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Agriculture, AgTech, Farming
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MycoNourish
MycoNourish customizes microbes to suit specific crops and solve targeted problems in their production.
Founder(s): Peter Orrell
Location: Dundee, Dundee City, United Kingdom
Industries: Agriculture, Biotechnology, Farming
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Graham’s Family Dairy
Graham’s Family Dairy is a family-run farming and dairy company that produces milk, cheese, cream, butter, and ice-cream products.
Founder(s):
Location: Stirling, Stirling, United Kingdom
Industries: Farming, Food and Beverage, Food Delivery, Food Processing
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Seawater Solutions
Seawater Solutions helps communities to turn underutilized land into wetland ecosystems for food production and climate resilience.
Founder(s):
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Agriculture, Farming, Sustainability
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Loch Duart
Loch Duart primarily engages in rearing Scottish salmon.
Founder(s):
Location: Scourie, Highland, United Kingdom
Industries: Agriculture, Farming
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Thomas Sherriff
Thomas Sheriff is an agricultural and ground care engineering firm, supplies the reader with a combination of contemporary farming.
Founder(s):
Location: Galashiels, Scottish Borders, The, United Kingdom
Industries: Agriculture, Farming
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FishVet Group
FishVet Group provide veterinary health services for fish farming operations around the coast of Scotland.
Founder(s):
Location: Inverness, Highland, United Kingdom
Industries: Farming, Health Care, Veterinary
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IGS Limited
IGS Limited provides ideal environments for plants and humans based on a philosophy of continual innovation and brilliant, simple design.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: AgTech, Farming, Industrial Automation
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Herboreal
Herboreal offers the largest range of naturally occurring coumarins and furocoumarins standards for analysis.
Founder(s):
Location: Dalkeith, Midlothian, United Kingdom
Industries: Agriculture, AgTech, Farming
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Advanced Plant Growth Centre
APGC develops science that underpins commercial, economic, and environmental benefits in the agriculture, food, and beverage sectors.
Founder(s):
Location: Invergowrie, Perth and Kinross, United Kingdom
Industries: Agriculture, Commercial, Environmental Consulting, Farming, Food and Beverage
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East Coast Viners Animal Nutrition
East Coast Viners Animal Nutrition produces peanuts, ground maize, barley, poultry, oats, wheat, sow rolls, and animal feeds.
Founder(s):
Location: Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom
Industries: Agriculture, Animal Feed, Farming
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West Moss-side Farm
West Moss-side Farm is an organic farm and centre.
Founder(s):
Location: Thornhill, Stirling, United Kingdom
Industries: Environmental Consulting, Farming, Internet
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Doctor Grow
Doctor Grow is a small garden and horticulture supply company.
Founder(s):
Location: Langholm, Dumfries and Galloway, United Kingdom
Industries: E-Commerce, Farming, Home and Garden, Organic, Organic Food, Productivity Tools
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Tarff Valley
Tarff Valley supplies animal feeds, animal health products, agricultural products, fertilizers, country clothing, and fencing materials.
Founder(s):
Location: Castle Douglas, Dumfries and Galloway, United Kingdom
Industries: Agriculture, Farming, Pet, Wholesale
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BATCAM Agri
BATCAM Agri specialises in providing drone surveys for agronomists, farmers and growers.
Founder(s):
Location: Musselburgh, East Lothian, United Kingdom
Industries: Farming
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Clyde Valley Plants
Clyde Valley Plants supplies bedding plants ranging from vegetable, tomato, and herbs plants with planted containers and hanging baskets.
Founder(s):
Location: Wishaw, North Lanarkshire, United Kingdom
Industries: Farming, Flowers, Home and Garden, Wholesale
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