Federal contractor · DENVER, CO
ARDENT MILLS LLC
ARDENT MILLS LLC received $3M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 12 awards (−6% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $23.4M. Its largest customer was Agricultural Marketing Service ($3M).
- Obligations · FY2026
- $3M
- New awards
- 12
- Sole-source
- 0.4%
- Single offer
- 0.0%
- UEI
- CDLLJSUUDJ86
Spending by fiscal year
Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).
- 2.5MFY2017
- 2MFY2018
- 1.8MFY2019
- 2.7MFY2020
- 1.8MFY2021
- 1.4MFY2022
- 2.5MFY2023
- 2.5MFY2024
- 3.2MFY2025
- 3MFY2026
Top buying agencies
Obligations in FY2026.
- Agricultural Marketing Service$3M99.6%11 awards
- 1 awards
What was bought · Where the work was performed
Obligations in FY2026.
What was bought
- Other equipment & supplies$3M100%
Where the work was performed
- Franklin County, OH$1.6M53%
- Morgan County, AL$760.9K25%
- Monroe County, PA$595.4K20%
- Adams County, CO$38K1.3%
- Weber County, UT$35.5K1.2%
- Maricopa County, AZ$11.4K0.4%
Integrity signals
Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.
- Low competition0.4%US 39% · $11.4K
- Sole-source awards0.4%US 30% · $11.4K
- Single-offer competitions0.0%US 8.7% · $0
- Urgency justifications0.0%US 5.1% · $0
A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.
Agencies awarding it sole-source contracts
- Department of Agriculture · 1 awards
Largest awards
- Agricultural Marketing Service· Franklin County, OH· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 18, 2026 – Aug 18, 2026· 123J1426C1769
- Agricultural Marketing Service· Morgan County, AL· Other equipment & supplies· May 21, 2026 – May 21, 2026· 123J1426C1210
- Agricultural Marketing Service· Franklin County, OH· Other equipment & supplies· Feb 19, 2026 – Feb 19, 2026· 123J1426C0763
- Agricultural Marketing Service· Monroe County, PA· Other equipment & supplies· May 21, 2026 – May 21, 2026· 123J1426C1211
- Agricultural Marketing Service· Franklin County, OH· Other equipment & supplies· May 21, 2026 – May 21, 2026· 123J1426C1209
- Agricultural Marketing Service· Monroe County, PA· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 18, 2026 – Aug 18, 2026· 123J1426C1770
- Agricultural Marketing Service· Morgan County, AL· Other equipment & supplies· Feb 19, 2026 – Feb 19, 2026· 123J1426C0761
- Agricultural Marketing Service· Monroe County, PA· Other equipment & supplies· Feb 19, 2026 – Feb 19, 2026· 123J1426C0764
Competitors
Companies that win from the same buyers in the same markets: obligations by agency and industry compared over the last three fiscal years.
Compared on 2 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.
- MILLSTONE MILLS, INC.$8.2M−46% in FY2026LA PORTE, IN · 93% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAgricultural Marketing Service · Grain and oilseed milling
- CATANIA-SPAGNA CORP$8M+75% in FY2026AYER, MA · 92% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAgricultural Marketing Service · Grain and oilseed milling
- STAFFORD COUNTY FLOUR MILLS DISTRIBUTION INC$9.5M+34% in FY2026LOUISVILLE, CO · 99.9% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAgricultural Marketing Service · Grain and oilseed milling
Showing the top 3 of 25 competitors. Open the profile for the full list.
Who sells to the same buyers in the same markets, not who wins against whom on a given contract. Prime contract obligations by the agency and NAICS code of each award; subawards are never added. A company is a family of legal entities, joined by parent UEI or, in part, by an AI reading of names.
Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.
Lobbying and PAC activity
Organizations in House lobbying disclosures and FEC records whose names an AI judgment matched to this company. Those records carry no identifier shared with contracts, so every match is by name.
Matched organizations
- Ardent Mills, LLCAI match · 100%
- Lobbying · 2025
- $170K
- 4 reports
- Lobbying · 2023–2026
- $650K
Lobbying by year
- 2023$200K4 reports
- 2024$200K4 reports
- 2025$170K4 reports
- 2026$80K2 reports
Top issues
- Agriculture14 reports
- Food industry (safety, labeling)10 reports
Who was contacted
- U.S. SENATE12 reports
- U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES11 reports
- Agriculture - Dept of (USDA)7 reports
- Food & Drug Administration (FDA)2 reports
Houses of Congress and federal agencies the reports list as contacted (a report names every one for all its issues).
Lobbying firms hired
- Torrey Advisory Group (formerly Michael Torrey Associates, LLC)$650K14 reports
Registrants who are individuals are counted, not named.
Lobbying amounts are the filers' own good-faith estimates on quarterly LD-2 reports (the law asks for amounts rounded to $10,000; under $5,000 need not be itemized), latest amendment only. When an organization files its own report, it replaces what outside firms report for it that quarter. Matches are by name. Lobbying and political giving are legal and public: they show engagement with government, not influence over any award. Correlation is not influence: these organizations' lobbying and their contracts are shown side by side, and nothing here implies either affected the other.
Source: Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · 2023–2026.
Source: Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · 2026, 2024, 2022.
Matches: Analisa AI name judgments (entity-match@1), updated Sep 30, 2026.
Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.