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Howard Halderman, whose institutional clients include the New Mexico Education Retirement Board, argues that lower prices make now a good time to invest in the US farmland space.

Experts on the country's economy say its growing agri sector is limited by poor infrastructure, with transportation a particular issue.

The global market for grains and oilseeds has contracted in value by about 15 percent, thanks to price declines, even as trade volume has grown by about 150 million tonnes

The Chinese government is seeking private investment in irrigation projects for the country’s agriculture sector in order to shore up food security.

investors include a family office and co-operative financial group Desjardins Innovatech.

Farmers and agribusinesses continue to face drought-related losses in 2016, despite increased rainfall, according to a report from rural co-operative bank, CoBank.

The currently projected $9.7bn US agri-trade surplus is still far below the $25.7bn seen in 2015.

A dynamic hedging approach is a complex but innovative and flexible way to get good returns from an international farmland portfolio, argues Insight Investment's head of currency research.

The Chinese minerals business has bought a crayfish and wine producing farm in Australia's Kangaroo Island, as it seeks to diversify its assets.

A Monsanto-Bayer merger could be in the pipeline, and observers are considering how further consolidation could affect the entry of new players into the ag input world.