Louisa Burwood-Taylor
Craigmore Farming Partnership, a New Zealand own-and-operate agri fund with a focus on dairy, is planning to hold a final close in June.
Agri Investor’s first drinks event went off with a bang as attendees discussed investing into Africa, the trials and tribulations of tilling the land and the debate between Australian and New Zealand dairy managers heated up.
Declining domestic production of beef in China is good news for fund managers focusing on the beef sector in countries such as Australia.
The US brokerage firm is offering investors access to partially owned mortgage pools in the agricultural sector.
The SLM Australia Livestock Fund is negotiating an A$20m - A$30m debt and equity deal with an undisclosed institutional investor.
Meeting its €80m agri target is a slow process, but overseas opportunities are not attractive, according to Søren Dal Thomsen, the pension's CIO.
The drought challenging California farms and orchards illustrates that agri investors’ choices aren’t always black and white.
Advantage Capital Partners will invest a $150m fund targeting US small businesses across the agriculture value chain.
NGP Global Agribusiness Partners, the subsidiary of NGP Energy Capital, has closed its inaugural fund on $402m, some 25% above target.
Rogue Rovers, an electric farm vehicle manufacturer, has received a $25,000 grant from Oregon BEST, the technology development company.