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Chris Janiec

Chris Janiec is Americas Editor at Agri Investor. Based in New York, Janiec coordinates coverage of private investment into global food and agriculture with colleagues in London. Previously, Janiec covered non-bank capital markets for PEI’s Private Debt Investor, taught international relations and US foreign policy at China Foreign Affairs University in Beijing and worked as an analyst of petroleum and shipping markets in New York.
Andrew Freeman has joined H.I.G. Middle Market’s San Francisco office to make investments in the food and agribusiness sectors from the firm’s $1.75bn fund.
Pipeline chief executive officer Eric Jackson spoke with Agri Investor about the current state of those supply chains, the role Pipeline hopes to play in increasing organic acreage and attractive investment areas the firm has identified.
Nearly one percent growth in average Iowa farmland prices seen over the past six months was not enough to counter the declines seen in the first half of the past year, according to a recent survey.
Management consultants’ analysis explains why public markets rarely provide attractive exits for land and agriculture investments.
The Agribusiness Latin America II Fund has raised $349.05m and is understood to target annual returns of more than 20 percent by focusing on mid-market food and agribusinesses across Latin America.
The Illinois Society of Professional Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers’ annual report shows farmland value declines in 2016, when 'excellent quality' farmland fell to $11,000 per acre.
Led by Collar Capital-chief investment officer Jeremy Coller, the project aims to encourage a decrease in the antibiotics use through a coalition of investors representing $2trn in assets under management.
Intercontinental Potash Corp. operates a mine in New Mexico that produces polyhalite, an organic multi-nutrient fertilizer.
The $1.1bn pension is seeking a dedicated timber manager for a $25m allocation and would also consider a timber fund that also includes farmland investments.
The impact investing firm has purchased an $8m stake in agricultural logistics and financing provider Sohan Lal, with plans to help the Indian company expand its loans offerings to smallholder farmers.
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