Louisa Burwood-Taylor
The institutional fund manager raised $33.9m from the sale of forest properties in Georgia and Pennslyvania from Timbervest Partners I.
A survey conducted by the School of Agriculture and Resource Economics at the University of Western Australia revealed that Western Australian farmers are supportive of foreign investment as a means to bring capital into the region.
Vertical integration is essential for successful agriculture production in Africa, argue investment firms and consultants.
Own-and-operate strategies dominate the agri fund market in Australia, but investment firms are now paying increased attention to buy-and-lease structures.
David Gladstone, the company’s founder and chief executive, tells Agri Investor how the first listed farmland REIT came about and how it operates.
Howard Buffett will invest $500m into a country-wide irrigation project and an agri training institute through his Sequoia Farm Foundation.
The impact fund is aimed at promoting sustainably-sourced food and smallholder farming communities in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
Food & agriculture was one of the top 10 industry sectors attracting Chinese overseas M&A investment in 2014, according to a recent report from KPMG. This is the first time it’s reached the top 10.
The pension fund has hired Paul Mouchakkaa from Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing to lead its $29.bn real assets portfolio.
Peak Soil Indexes has launched the monthly Peak Soil Iowa Farmland Value Index, replacing its previous quarterly offering.