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Chief executive Lionel Kambeitz says Above Foods will look to partner with large-scale regenerative operations developed in Saskatchewan, amid regional restrictions on institutional farmland investment.
The Iowa-based firm specializes in providing growth equity capital and succession planning liquidity.
The Indiana-headquartered farmland manager has hired Rick Bodio and Finley Merrill this year to support the expansion.
The firm closed Anterra FA Ventures II in February 2022 but the vehicle is still only 30% deployed because the firm correctly judged the agtech market to be overpriced – now it's ready to go shopping.
The property was acquired from Nasdaq-listed business Limoneira Company, which will provide packing and marketing services on a minimum five-year contract.
PSP Investments has purchased assets owned by Macadamias Australia through its Australian nut platform Stahmann Webster, taking control of more than 1,000 ha of planted orchards.
A confluence of events could lead to increased food scarcity in 2023, with knock-on effects for prices and an increase in the attractiveness of controlled environment production in hot countries.
The New York-headquartered agribusiness firm will target 20-25 percent gross IRR through a mixture of control and growth equity investments from the fund.
A law designed to address political intimidation within ag union elections reflects the labor politics helping fuel specialty crops automation.
Roc Partners’ Longriver Farms has sold grain storage and handling business Emerald Grain less than two years after acquiring it from Sumitomo Corporation.