Chris Janiec
Moody’s expects Carlyle’s management of Arctic Glacier to lead to bolt-on acquisitions and a reduction of leverage.
Setter Capital says timber accounted for the majority of transactions within the $331m in secondary sales of stakes in agriculture and timber funds recorded in 2016.
The investment in Illinois-based Edward Don and Company marks the first foodservice supply investment for Vestar, which traditionally focuses on consumer packaged goods.
A recent CSIS report says that private sector investment in agriculture can help efforts to meet the food security goals set out by the United Nations.
The UN developmental finance institution will use a combination of debt and equity in its contribution to a $853m effort to improve irrigation for the southeast Asian nation’s 24 million smallholder farmers.
Pope Resources subsidiary Olympic Resource Management has raised $388 million for its fourth timber fund, which will target acquisitions in the Pacific Northwest.
Agribusiness Latin America Fund II will primarily target investments in Brazil, with plans for secondary investments in Argentina, Peru, Chile and Colombia.
Reporting on a district that includes Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Western Missouri, the bank's quarterly report noted that the drop was the largest since the recession of 2007-2009.
Pipeline Foods will initially focus on helping established food companies create transparent supply chains for expanding organic and non-GMO offerings.
NMSIC chief investment officer Vince Smith and analyst Melanie Dubin share with Agri Investor their views on the evolution of timber vehicles, knowledge transfer and the importance of having 'boots on the ground.'