Crops

The three properties, including cattle stations and forage crop-growing land, previously operated as an integrated business.

Gunn Agri Partners held a first close on its Cattle Fund, which has a final target of A$300 million, in February, and is seeking more opportunities in the Queensland area.

Brazil had a record harvest, and Australian production also went up, but the US market will be faced by new challenges as demand for organic sugar increases.

The company plans to produce biofuel from sweet sorghum, which is less subject to market volatility than corn or sugar.

Norway's Government Pension Fund Global pulled out of seven companies last year on environmental grounds.

Ethanol's lower-than-petrol pricing meant the amount put into fuel went up in 2015.

The $26m acquisition adds more than 6,000 acres to the farmland REIT's horticulture-focused portfolio.

A group of 650 agribusiness companies signed a letter in support of the measure, arguing that compulsory labelling would drive up costs and hurt US agricultural production.

Investors looking to reap rewards from non-GMO price premiums may face additional costs from exposure to genetically engineered material.

Low-tech water conservation methods could cut global hunger in half, according to a new Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research report.