Chuck Stanley
The bank hopes the credit extension will help growers improve efficiency and offset volatility, but made no reference to Brexit.
In converting 2,400 acres of Florida timberland to forage-growing land for dairy cows, Farmland Partners hopes to diversify its portfolio in terms of risk.
Uneven regulations and lax enforcement over water use threatens foreign investors, a report finds.
The REIT, which now owns 48 farms, continues to focus on high-margin horticultural crops with the 400 acre acquisition.
Growth in the US organic market needs to be backed by better access to seeds, according to the Organic Seed Alliance.
Depressed commodity prices could be brought down further by Brexit market turmoil, meaning lower farmland values but better entry opportunities for investors, said USAG board chair Howard Halderman.
Short-term currency effects put US pork producers at a disadvantage to EU competitors, while long-term macro effects could hurt global demand, a university report has found.
The World Bank is financing a $125m programme to increase high value crop production in Sri Lanka.
The commitment to Conservation Forestry Capital Fund IV is the New Mexico Education Retirement Board's second investment with the firm, following a $25m investment with Fund II.
The seed and agrochemicals corporation acquired an equity stake in TargetGene and will use protein-expression technology from Nomad Bioscience in new agri products as it looks to access new technologies.