Crops

The senior director expects 2025 to bring an acceleration in irrigated agriculture, more deals arising from farming families exiting the industry and closer relationships with investors.

Cibus Capital founder and chief investment officer Rob Appleby says the competitive investment landscape for novel solutions could help better align the industry with climate and human health goals.

The country is not alone in observing subdued growth in farmland values and annual cropping outperforming its permanent counterpart, as these trends take hold in the US too.

Kempen portfolio manager Tim van den Pol says most of the growth will come through existing assets, with further acquisitions in new countries possible.

The Hort Innovation Venture Fund follows in the footsteps of Artesian’s A$50m partnership with the Grains Research and Development Corporation.

The US may have an outsized influence on investment trends in the year ahead as Donald Trump casts his shadow over global conflicts, trade and climate issues.

The gulf between annual and permanent results continued to widen in Q3 2024, with annual farmland outperforming permanent cropping.

Centuria Capital Group’s diversification strategy is bearing fruit, with the firm seeing 'strong tailwinds' to support ongoing investment in agricultural real estate.

In the second installment of our Deep Dive into buy-and-lease farmland strategies, we speak to five GPs who have expanded their real asset plays to incorporate agricultural infrastructure.

In the first installment in our deep dive into buy-and-lease farmland strategies, we take a close look at one of the oldest open-end farmland funds in the market.