Field Notes

LAWD’s Danny Thomas says institutional investors want to know the middleman; New Forests holds A$600 million ($418 million; €406 million) final close on ANZ Landscapes and Forestry Fund; Bonnefield’s agribusiness fund holds C$80 million ($56 million; €54 million) second close; England and Wales farmland prices record marginal annual rise, and more. Welcome to Field Notes, the start-of-the-week briefing for our valued subscribers only. Tips and feedback to: binyamin.a@pei.group.

Agri-food and forestry fundraising drops to $8.4 billion in 2024; BPL Pensioen commits €90 million to ASR farmland fund; France Valley eyes €200 million for carbon and biodiversity strategy; Butterfly Equity portfolio company Duckhorn appoints Robert Hanson as chief executive, and more. Welcome to Field Notes, the start-of-the-week briefing for our valued subscribers only.

Kempen's SDG Farmland Fund could double in next three years; Artesian and Hort Innovation launch A$60 million ($38 million; €36 million) horticulture fund; AMERRA’s founders take ownership of the firm via management buyout; Australian regulator finds ‘weaknesses’ in superfund unlisted asset valuation processes. Welcome to Field Notes, the start-of-the-week briefing for our valued subscribers only.

Morrison’s James Shaw talks investment impact after 10 years in politics; ANREV Australian Farmland Index records fourth consecutive negative result; enhanced rock weathering company Terradot launches with $58 million in funding; Australian agriculture caught between trade winds and rain clouds, and more. Welcome to Field Notes, the start-of-the-week briefing for our valued subscribers only. Tips and feedback to: binyamin.a@pei.group.

‘LPs could have natural capital buckets in five years,’ says International Woodland Company CIO Céline Claudon; Campbell Global picks up 40,000-acre forestry asset; Toesca AM and Astarte launch $350m regenerative ag fund; seafood giants flounder on traceability commitments; deals round-up and more. Welcome to Field Notes, the start-of-the-week briefing for our valued subscribers only.

We take a look at farmland buy-and-lease done differently in part three of our Deep Dive; NZ Super Fund wants to double in size every decade; Roc Partners is to continue pre-marketing of Food Fund II into 2025; UN climate funds fail to reach grassroots farming worldwide, and more. Welcome to Field Notes, the start-of-the-week briefing for our valued subscribers only.

Farmland buy-and-lease meets infrastructure in the second part of our Deep Dive; BNPP AM hits $130 million first close for debut forestry fund; BTG Pactual raises $500 million for $1 billion forestry vehicle; Area One Farms reaches C$127 million first close on Fund V; Gresham House appoints global director of natural capital, and more. Welcome to Field Notes, the start-of-the-week briefing for our valued subscribers only.

IFC seeks partners to double its annual agribusiness investment; weighing the impact of a Trade War II; Agri Investor Awards nominations window closes on Friday; Ceres Partners makes two hires as it pushes into US water investment; and more. Welcome to Field Notes, the start-of-the-week briefing for our valued subscribers only. Tips and feedback to: binyamin.a@pei.group.

Aviva Investors launches Carbon Removal Fund; Craigmore Sustainables forestry funds hits NZ$100 million; Agri Investor Global Awards close for entries in two weeks; Foreign investment in Australian ag and forestry investment falls from A$8.5 billion to A$5.3 billion; Pollination and Howden examine the role of insurance in nature finance, and more. Welcome to Field Notes, the start-of-the-week briefing for our valued subscribers only. Tips and feedback to: binyamin.a@pei.group.

Fiera Comox lays out the roadmap to deal execution with Indigenous groups; Agri Investor Global Awards 2024 open for submissions; how Farmland Partners’ $289m portfolio sale to Farmland Reserve materialized; Forestry-Linked Securities looks to exit its portfolio via securitization; NZ Super Fund appoints co-CIOs, and more. Welcome to Field Notes, the start-of-the-week briefing for our valued subscribers only. Tips and feedback to: binyamin.a@pei.group.