Crops

The State Investment Council voted on TIAA-CREF Global Agriculture II on Tuesday, as the council's director of real return said at least a further $600m in commitments to the fund are expected.

The venture capital arm of chemicals giant Syngenta led the $7.3m round into AgriMetis, a natural crop protection developer, with biotech firm Acidophil.

Phoenix Africa’s Sierra Leone rice farming project started operations in October and is now raising $1.1m to expand and buy more infrastructure.

Rapper Snoop Dogg reportedly wants to raise $25m for cannabis-related deals – a trend analysts expect to continue.

David Gladstone, the company’s founder and chief executive, tells Agri Investor how the first listed farmland REIT came about and how it operates.

Peak Soil Indexes has launched the monthly Peak Soil Iowa Farmland Value Index, replacing its previous quarterly offering.

Wine exports increased by 1.9 percent in 2014 in both volume and value prompting debate on the value of the industry as an investment.

Domaine Chanzy is raising £1.9m and will list the IPO on Seedrs, the UK fundraising platform, in a first for the industry.

Moringa has invested in Cafetalera Nicafrance, a coffee and high-end timber producer, its first investment.

Rob Hurlbut, principal at Equilibrium Capital, describes the fundraising process for the ACM Permanent Crops fund, which closed on $250m last week.