Chris Janiec
Investors in the Kansas-based commodity trading and transportation company include Chinese private equity firm New Hope Group and Australian real assets giant Macquarie.
A vehicle focused on the purchase of farmland in Brazil from the Cargill spin-out has reached a $100m first close and has a target of $500m.
The World Bank affiliate will provide a $60m loan from its own account and help facilitate an additional $40m in financing to support Nibulon’s efforts to increase its trading volume.
In July, the developmental finance institution’s board will consider a loan supporting expansion plans of Singapore-based agri trader Agrocorp.
Impact Vision and Ag Voice took home the people’s and judge’s choice awards, respectively, at Rabobank’s Food Bytes conference in New York.
Kim Homa and Robin Olson, both formerly of USC Consulting Group, have joined the food and consumer-focused firm to focus on supply chains and manufacturing, respectively.
The Canadian pension giant says it "plans to build scale in US agriculture" having increased its agriculture exposure by more than 11% in a year.
The cannabis-focused investor has closed it first vehicle early after an IPO from an investment produced profits sooner than expected.
The agricultural lender said that a certification supporting a price premium for produce from farms transitioning to organic production could help ease growing supply challenges.
In its quarterly agricultural outlook, Farmer Mac sounded a note of optimism on farmers’ net income and detailed recent conditions throughout in the US agricultural economy.