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Asian demand dominates, and countries like Brazil are benefiting.
The USDA has made $130m available for competitive grants for peer-reviewed research in six agri sub-sectors.
The REIT's president Paul Pittman explains how it has kept revenues high against a backdrop of falling rents.
Prices paid to US agri producers remain well below 2015 numbers despite edging up slightly from February.
The firm is targeting investments in Colombia, Peru, Mexico, Brazil and Panama.
The disease has had a devastating effect on Florida's citrus growers, driving projected orange production in the state down by 27 percent this year.
The company had targeted speciality crops and turf, but is developing a biochar-based soil treatment aimed at large-scale grain producers.
The US' largest pension fund believes divesting from tobacco resulted in $3bn of losses by the beginning of 2015.
Brazil’s currency could gain in value from the president's departure, driving up prices for its grain exports.
The publicly traded REIT hopes to boost its share price, following an underperforming IPO.