Crops

The decade-long increase in US farmland prices had been tipped to come to an end, so the news last week that values had defied these predictions was received with surprise – and some scepticism.

China's agriculture industry has been challenged by a lack of economies of scale, low-tech farming techniques and broken value chains - but an even more fundamental issue is on the horizon.

Funding will be used to build an irrigation dam in Mumbwa District in Zambia.

Granular closed Series B financing with $18.7m from four new investors and three returning investors.

Archer Daniel Midland and Serra Ventures are among the investors in Agrible, an agtech start-up that focuses on predictive analytics.

The NYSE-listed REIT is raising fresh capital for future deals and to pay down mortgage debt.

Sherpa Asset Management's agri investment arm will soon close on around $40m of commitments across two projects in Colombia and Peru.

The US farmland fund management firm held a final close for its first fund Wednesday, falling short of the pool’s original $225 million target.

The New York-based farmland real estate investment trust joins Farmland Partners to become the second NYSE-listed agri REIT.

A group of farmland investment professionals present the benefits and challenges of the two farmland investment strategies.