Crops

The Illinois State Board of Investment is terminating its only investment mandate in the asset class with no plans to make new agri-related investments.

The management consultancy firm has sent a submission to the government’s Agricultural Competitiveness Taskforce in the wake of its crop insurance symposium earlier this month.

Average food prices have declined over the past four years, according to the Food and Agriculture Organisation. But how long will it last? Duxton’s Desmond Sheehy argues the case for food price hikes.

The Australian agriculture manager is targeting institutional investors for its diversified fund offering.

Land prices across the US Corn Belt could fall by as much as 10% a year for three years, but this does not reflect badly on the investment opportunity, argue managers and consultants.

The social impact investor invested $2m in debt into Tropha Estates while African Agricultural Capital Fund and Jacoma Estates, Tropha's sponsor, invested $2m in equity each.

The US farmland REIT has increased its dividend and is not fazed by the recent downturn in farmland prices across the Corn Belt.

Black River Asset Management has invested $25m in Australian farmland in recent days, according to local reports.

Agdata services are set to come under scrutiny by regulators, particularly in the US.

Paragon Volta is seeking investors for a farming project in Ghana’s Volta region.