Crops

The agricultural seeds corporation has posted a decline in profits, but as it looks at consolidation options it says it sees early signs of an upswing in global agricultural markets.

The €310 million sale was unaffected by ‘Brexit’, but there will be a lasting slowdown in the wider M&A market, the firm said.

The strategy, which would need $400bn over the next 10 years, will co-ordinate and attract increased investment by looking at value chains and helping to reduce risk for investors.

The legislation would require labelling of GE food products but prohibit states from passing similar laws.

The long-term future of Britain's farmland values remains uncertain, with analysts divided on whether the market will be hit by subsidy cuts or stay flat.

The company will use funding led by Monsanto Growth Ventures to develop products that combine drones, data analytics and genomics to improve crop yields.

Wilfred Morren, founder of land investment brokerage firm Farmland Uruguay, outlines how forestry and farmland certification was achieved on a mixed cattle, forestry and cropping investment in Uruguay.

Experienced row-crop farm manager Springer has been appointed regional director of acquisitions at the firm, which was formed by the merger of Halderman and US Agriculture last year.

The RDIF plans to make $4bn in co-investments to agriculture aby 2018, and will focus on businesses with local and export markets, its chief executive officer Kirill Dmitriev said earlier this week.