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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.

Global agribusiness head Anup Jagwani says the developmental finance institutions’ relationships with Amundi, BTG Pactual and AMERRA demonstrate the flexibility that will mark an effort to double annual agribusiness exposure to $9bn by 2030.

Justin Lott says the introduction of the Federal government as a buyer and renegotiation of existing supply cuts have brought rapid progress to the water-focused investment environment.

The Kinbeachie Aggregation could be worth more than $65m, far more than PSP paid for it five years ago.

The Japanese institution will invest $20m for the stake, with Pollination looking to support Mizuho’s clients and mobilize capital for its projects and investments.

Agriculture’s place as a beneficiary and magnet for immigrant labor will face greater scrutiny, regardless of who wins, after another election in which immigration has played a central role.

Head of private equity growth Pedro Faria says the firm is trying to find its feet in a nascent market that could attract as much as $40bn within 15 years.

Categorization, commodity risk and accessing scale are among the issues Australian superannuation funds cite when it comes to investing in agriculture – but foreign pension funds do not appear to have the same misgivings.

Farmland Partners chairman Paul Pittman says The Church of Latter-Day Saints affiliate Farmland Reserve was more interested in buying row crop assets than permanent crops.

David Chan says changes in the macro environment have created ‘potentially a generational opportunity’ in lending to US growers struggling to find working capital.