Chuck Stanley
The private equity-backed agtech company has brought on Jim Borel to advise on international expansion and potential partnerships.
A $245m fund Hancock manages for the Alaska Retirement Management Board has seen rents decline by $47 per acre on leases it has renegotiated.
The company will use $20m from two separate funding deals to develop its big data satellite imagery analysis tools for agriculture and other sectors.
The legislation would require labelling of GE food products but prohibit states from passing similar laws.
Oregon biowaste and biomass business Pacific Ag will use the raise to acquire its regional competitor, Calagri.
The transaction is the fifth acquisition for the sorghum specialist, which is also backed by GE Capital, BP Alternative Energy and the Malaysian Life Sciences Capital Fund.
Pope Resources has agreed to acquire 7,300 acres of timber in western Washington state from Hancock Timber Resource Group.
The company will use funding led by Monsanto Growth Ventures to develop products that combine drones, data analytics and genomics to improve crop yields.
The bank finds the African poultry sector needs investors to strengthen the value chain linking grains, feed and meat.
Impact of Brazil's rising corn exports is evidenced in seasonal shifts in US export numbers, a USDA report says.