Louisa Burwood-Taylor
Andrew Forrest, the mining tycoon, wants to harness 5,000 gigalitres of water from Australia’s aquifers to irrigate and drought-proof agricultural land.
Greenshields Agri, an owner-operator of farmland in the northern grain belt of England, has applied for a listing on AIM and wants to raise £3m at IPO.
LandFund Partners II follows the $7m Fund I which closed in 2013.
Water&Soil, a Hungarian agtech firm that has invented a water-retaining solution for soil, is looking for $10m in private capital investment.
Concern over the impact of CPPIB’s farmland investments is stirring debate – and prompting regulatory review – in Canada.
The State Investment Council voted on TIAA-CREF Global Agriculture II on Tuesday, as the council's director of real return said at least a further $600m in commitments to the fund are expected.
Troy Setter, chief executive of Consolidated Pastoral Company, the Australian beef producer majority-owned by Terra Firma, talks to Agri Investor about the recent Bunda Station acquisition and the firm's acquisition strategy.
The timberland investment manager has hired Rob van Rossen as director of acquisitions, Australasia, and Mauricio Penteado as head of Latin America.
HNRG, the institutional investment management arm of Manulife, has promoted Bill Peressini from chief financial officer.
The US-focused farmland investment firm says its returns outstrip NCREIF values, but expects them to remain near current levels.