Matthieu Favas
Big deals have pulled valuations upwards in the South and Northwest, while Lake States assets have depreciated so steadily in recent quarters that they are now close to 2013 levels.
The group will also help Armbruster, a peculiarity of the French market, diversify its crops and expand into Germany. Unigrains’ Florence Alin and Anabelle Gerbal tell Agri Investor what attracted their firm to the company.
Rural Funds Group, the country’s only pure agriculture REIT, sees bright prospects in cattle and cotton. We zoom in on the vehicle’s strategy.
French stocks were a rare good news on this side of the Atlantic, though European stocks vastly outperformed their US peers in the whole of 2017.
‘Second-generation’ bioethanol has emerged stronger after the EU capped fuels produced from food crops and banned those made from palm oil. Market reactions were mixed.
Foley & Lardner partners Greg Husisian and Todd Boudreau, and associate Kevin McNiff, analyze where the US administration has left the industry.
Farmland performance is bouncing back, but not every asset is benefiting the same. We single out the winners in an interactive chart.
The firm’s Buy and Lease Fund has acquired seven farms in the country since launching in June 2016, including more than 2,500 hectares in the last three months.
The Unigrains affiliate is backing the transaction via both its equity and mezzanine funds, and intends to expand further in Western Europe.
While Attorney General Jeff Sessions has made it hard for marijuana businesses to bank their growing piles of cash, dealmaking continues apace.