Institutional Investors

The revised investment mandate follows a federal decision to delay withdrawals from the fund for at least 10 years.

Mitsui & Co has acquired Top Seeds 2010, making it the third agri/food-related deal the Japanese trading house has announced since the beginning of the year.

An SEC filing recently revealed $35m in funding designed to support private equity-backed vertical farming business AeroFarms' plans to expand into the Middle East and Asia.

The two-year study will result in an informational bulletin and policy brief designed to encourage novel land access and tenure security for small and medium-sized US farmers.

A discussion at the IntraFish Seafood Investor Forum in New York highlighted the need for specialized managers amid a surge of investor interest in the sector.

The investment by the Danish Agribusiness Fund will allow Coexca to double pork production and construct a new pig farm to help meet both domestic and export pork demand.

Neil Woods, portfolio manager for timber & agri at NZ Super – a significant investor in New Zealand’s agricultural sector – talks about the fund’s plans to diversify by investing outside New Zealand and beyond dairy.

The investment in second vehicle from Agricultural Capital Management marks the first agricultural investment for the $15.6bn pension.

John Ritter’s stint at Teacher Retirement System of Texas coincided with its investment into row and permanent crop farmland-focused Teays River.

Moringa investment director Guillaume Maillard describes the links between agroforestry and impact, the evolving approach to impact investing among European family offices and what staffing an impact focus can entail.