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Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders pressed President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to lead the US Energy Department on his record on climate change.

A family office-backed marijuana investment vehicle is raising a fund designed to provide investors with exposure to the burgeoning legal cannabis industry.

With wheat stocks at record levels, US farmers significantly reduced plantings in 2016, which could signal a potential shift for some farmers to other row crops.

The farmland REIT paid $54m for a farmland property in a region it says is pressured by real estate development.

Participation in the $4.25m funding round for Kuli Kuli marks the first investments from eighteen94, Kellogg’s $100m venture fund designed to give the company exposure to innovative food ideas.

Farmer Mac’s Curt Covington offers Agri Investor his thoughts on farmland values, alternative lenders and the specter of the 1980s for farmers in their approach to leverage.

The acquisition of a 16,595-acre farm in southeast Colorado expands the REIT’s presence in hay production following purchase of its first such property last year.

Conterra Asset Management founder, president and chief executive officer Paul Erickson tells Agri Investor about loans offered on the firm’s platform and views on debt as an entry point into agriculture for private equity.

Strong yields and soybean prices help support Midwest farmland markets widely expected to fall in the year ahead.

The acquisition of Avocado Ridge marks the first completed in collaboration with Macquarie Agricultural Funds Management under a deal announced last month.