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Andrew Forrest, the mining tycoon, wants to harness 5,000 gigalitres of water from Australia’s aquifers to irrigate and drought-proof agricultural land.

Greenshields Agri, an owner-operator of farmland in the northern grain belt of England, has applied for a listing on AIM and wants to raise £3m at IPO.

3D Robotics raised the Series C round from a range of angel and VC firms as investment into the technology surpassed $80m in 2014.

The NYSE-listed REIT released its annual earnings report last week detailing a net loss of $671,300. Nasdaq-listed peer Gladstone Land reported a net loss of $125,000 on the year.

LandFund Partners II follows the $7m Fund I which closed in 2013.

Water&Soil, a Hungarian agtech firm that has invented a water-retaining solution for soil, is looking for $10m in private capital investment.

The real estate division of French insurance giant AXA marked the start of its aim to grow its forestry portfolio by acquiring a large swathe of forest land in Finland for €11.2m.

Arcadia Biosciences, which wants to list on Nasdaq, is backed by BASF Venture Capital, Mandala Capital, CMEA Ventures and Saints Capital among others.

The $155m Advantage Capital Agribusiness Partners LP has made its first investment into a cage-free chicken egg producer, Iowa Cage-Free.

The National Institute of Food and Agriculture will award grants across water, climate, childhood obesity and food security projects.