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Business Combination
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2026
Business Combination [Abstract]  
Business Combination

3. Business Combination

Summary

On July 31, 2025, the Company and WisdomTree Farmland Holdings, LLC (formerly WisdomTree Farmland Holdings, Inc.), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (the “Purchaser”), entered into an Equity Purchase Agreement (the “Ceres Purchase Agreement”) with Ceres, the members of Ceres (together, the “Sellers”), and an individual acting as the Sellers’ representative, pursuant to which the Purchaser agreed to acquire from the Sellers all of the issued and outstanding equity interests of Ceres (the “Ceres Acquisition”), subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein.

On October 1, 2025, the Purchaser completed the Ceres Acquisition for aggregate consideration consisting of (i) $275,000 in cash payable at closing subject to customary post-closing adjustments, including adjustments to cash, indebtedness and working capital, and (ii) earnout consideration of up to $225,000, payable in 2030, contingent upon Ceres achieving a compound annual growth rate (“CAGR”) in revenue of 12% to 22% during the earnout measurement period of January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2029.

Purchase Price Allocation

The Ceres Acquisition is accounted for under the acquisition method of accounting in accordance with ASC Topic 805, Business Combinations, which requires an allocation of the consideration paid by the Company to the identifiable assets and liabilities of Ceres based on the estimated fair values as of the closing date of the acquisition. An allocation of the consideration transferred is presented below and includes the Company’s valuation of the fair value of tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed.

The following table summarizes the allocation of the purchase price as of the acquisition date:

Cash on hand, net of cash acquired   $ 270,346  
Fair value of contingent consideration(1)     11,134  
Total purchase price   $ 281,480  
         
Allocation of consideration:        
Ceres net liabilities assumed   $ (3,803 )
Intangible assets(2)     143,500  
Fair value of net assets acquired   $ 139,697  
         
Goodwill resulting from the Ceres Acquisition(3)   $ 141,783  

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(1) Measured at fair value using a Monte Carlo simulation. See below for additional information.
(2) Represents purchase price allocated to a customary advisory agreement ($135,000) and trade name ($8,500) which were determined to have a finite-life (estimated useful life of 25 years). The customary advisory agreement was valued using the multi-period excess earnings method. This method relied upon significant unobservable inputs including a long-term revenue growth rate of approximately (0.1%) and a discount rate of 15.5%. The revenue growth rate contemplates that Ceres Farms, the fund from which the Company derives revenues, will cease accepting new capital, with future business expected to be allocated to a new farmland fund to be formed. The trade name is finite-lived (estimated useful life of 25 years) and was valued using the relief-from-royalty method. Significant unobservable inputs include a long-term revenue growth rate of approximately 3.0%, a royalty rate of 2.0% and a discount rate of 15.5%.
(3) Goodwill arising from the Ceres Acquisition represents expected synergies from the integration of Ceres and the Company, including capital raising activities for a new farmland fund to be formed. Goodwill is not amortized for financial reporting purposes, and both goodwill and intangible assets are expected to be fully deductible for tax purposes.