Crops

Sustainable Farm Partners looks to draw returns from share crop leases and growth in land value from organic production.

Usher Eco will use the loan to create 'green' silica for use in tires, while its parent company, rice miller Usher Agro, also received financing.

With land values and operational profits from US agriculture softening, institutions must take a selective approach to investing in the country's farmland.

The publicly traded REIT has increased its permanent crop exposure and announced the hire of a new senior financial officer.

Fertiliser company Yara has bought a Zambian provider to bolt on to its existing operation in the country.

Blue River plans to expand its precision agriculture technology to new crops in 2016.

Rabobank says in Brazil, wet weather has made production more difficult, tightening global supplies.

The Edmond de Rothschild investment vehicle seeks to drive returns by reducing risks from social and environmental impact.

The project manager of an Asian Development Bank and Nordic Development Fund biochar project talks about using the product in Nepal, how private and public money should work together and why private capital won't yet fund the technology.

AeroFarms plans to complete the world's biggest vertical farm as well as expand production, research and development for its aeroponic vegetable operations.