Clare Pennington
Investors, including Rabobank partners SHIFT, are targeting Mastiline in the belief its technology could be internationally commercialised and decrease antibiotic use.
KKR and CD&R bought US Foods for $7.1bn in 2007 and have now raised this year's second largest offering, after competition rules prevented its sale to rival Sysco last year.
Arbaro Fund's Markus Grulke and Marco Kaiser tell Agri Investor how it will deal with land leases, responsible investment and return expectations.
Eighteen institutions and impact investors with £1.5 trillion in assets under management have said they will consider animal welfare in their analysis of food companies.
An industry leader in the country's animal feed market is setting up an agricultural investment fund with a CITIC subsidiary.
A dynamic hedging approach is a complex but innovative and flexible way to get good returns from an international farmland portfolio, argues Insight Investment's head of currency research.
The Chinese minerals business has bought a crayfish and wine producing farm in Australia's Kangaroo Island, as it seeks to diversify its assets.
A Monsanto-Bayer merger could be in the pipeline, and observers are considering how further consolidation could affect the entry of new players into the ag input world.
Asian demand dominates, and countries like Brazil are benefiting.
The firm is waiting for regulatory approval to acquire French company Roullier’s food and agricultural hygiene business, Hypred.