Louisa Burwood-Taylor
While sovereign wealth investment in agri started in 2010-2011, experts say it has really accelerated over the past 18 to 24 months.
Figures released by Meat and Livestock Australia last month recorded a surprise jump in live cattle exports to Vietnam.
Armarium is raising the capital to launch fruit and nut nurseries, an agroprocessing park and to start producing fast-growing food crops.
The Swiss investment management firm is hiring to handle a mandate from the $5 billion Angola sovereign wealth fund, which includes timber and agriculture.
The new foreign investment rules are likely to increase the time and cost it takes to complete farmland deals, says the law firm.
The farmland REIT has bought farmland in Nebraska and Colorado for a combination of cash, REIT shares and limited partnership units.
Plantings of semi-annual commodities such as corn, rice, sorghum and soybean fell as producers struggled with strong currency and falling commodities.
The VC-backed agtech firm has hired Thomas O’Neil as chief financial officer.
Hello Tractor is raising the capital to expand its smart tractor production, distribution and leasing business across Africa.
The farmland REIT has entered into a lease with existing operator Wish Farms.