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Latitude 20 Capital Partners’ Eimaad Ahmed says political and infrastructure conditions in Paraguay have allowed it to take greater advantage of the US-China trade war than its Latin American peers.

Accelerating changes in farming techniques will create a wider market for biological inputs, says Pam Marrone, chief executive of Ospraie portfolio company MBI.

Select Equities hopes to raise A$100m from a majority of domestic investors before listing the Bio Fund at a 20% to 40% premium. We zoom in on the mechanics of the 'private-to-public' vehicle.

TSG-backed Duckhorn Wine is the latest portfolio company to seal a high-profile acquisition in a sector dominated by families.

The Paine Schwarz-backed packing company has added the Burchell Nursery assets to bolster its vertical integration plans.

One Tree Agriculture is offering the Goodiwindi aggregation for sale as a whole or in its three parts, making it a potential target for corporate or local buyers.

Urbanization and tax credits were among the factors that made the $37m asset bundle attractive, president and chief executive David Gladstone tells Agri Investor.

The farmland REIT says selling the Oregon property to its current tenant will allow it to pocket a 20% IRR on its initial investment.

The acquisition of Lodi Pump and Irrigation follows the firm’s purchase of Hydratec earlier this year.

Precision BioSciences will use the capital raised to extend its gene-editing technology from human therapeutics to the agri-food industry.