Chuck Stanley
The firm is likely to make three investments in 2016 from its $893m fourth fund.
The firm also plans to launch an international intensive fish farming fund, A3F Aquaculture.
Agtech start-ups should not bypass traditional agricultural gatekeepers like dealers and agronomists, said experts at the World Agri-Tech Investment Summit.
Timber is a deflation hedge, not an inflation hedge, researcher Chip Dillon said at the RISI timber conference.
The Paris climate agreement's call for 'results-based payments' and 'internationally transferred mitigation outcomes' means the forest carbon sequestration market is set to boom, argues Roger Williams of Blue Sky.
The PE-backed company hopes improved weather data and analytics will set it apart from a growing precision agri field.
The company hopes to expand use of its precision agri platform from 140,000 to 1m acres in 2016.
The VC-backed company will provide data analysis for GSI's EDGE swine and poultry production control platform, and is targeting agtech as a pillar of its business strategy.
The US packaged foods group expects sales of its natural and organic products to reach $1bn by 2019.
The company plans to produce biofuel from sweet sorghum, which is less subject to market volatility than corn or sugar.