Nora Zhou
The 2015 Prospective Plantings released by USDA shows slight declines expected in corn, wheat and cotton acres this year while soybean plantings are expected to increase moderately.
The Hungarian and Kazakhstan governments have created a $40 million development fund to promote investment into agriculture and food processing companies in Kazakhstan.
Privateer Holdings has raised the round from a mix of family offices, high net worth individuals and institutional investors including PayPal's Peter Thiel.
The Dutch banking group has hired Donald Meltzer as vice chairman and head of mergers and acquisitions of its North America wholesale banking division, based in New York.
The USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture has awarded 21 grants totalling $10m to universities across the country to support solutions for critical water problems in rural and agricultural watersheds.
Indian venture capital firm Omnivore has invested $1m into Ecozen Solutions, a campus start-up from a tech institute, which is working on using solar power in the agri supply chain.
The NYSE-listed REIT has raised $15m from a 10-year bond issued under its $150m secured note purchase facility with Farmer Mac.
The Californian drone technology company has raised $9m in Series A funding following an earlier seed round last year. It is the third drone company to raise capital in a month.
The biotech developer and manufacturer of algae-based chemicals serving the animal health, human health and water treatment market, has closed a Series B funding round on $7 million.
The Canadian venture capital fund's exit involved a range of successful investments including AgraQuest, Chromatin and MCN BioProducts.