Livestock

The private equity firm is again backing agribusiness in China with a view to improving food safety, having purchased a stake in Fujian Sunner, a vertically integrated chicken meat producer.

Mergers and acquisitions volumes in Africa's poultry sector are low, but there are parts that warrant a closer look and Uganda is one of them, according to John Strak, honorary professor in food economics at Nottingham University and an agribusiness consultant.

In the fourth in the series, Geoff Burke, co-founder of Agro-Ecological, explains how regenerative agriculture techniques are intrinsic to the firm's approach to farming in New Zealand.

Australian Pastoral Fund has implemented a strategy that enables it to produce sustainable returns throughout the year, according to Penny Hayes, chief executive and Alan Hayes, executive chairman.

Integrated Food and Energy Developments has raised A$15 million to fund a feasibility study for a vertically integrated sugar, guar gum and livestock operation in Northern Queensland.

Sustained drought in the northern states of Australia has caused a squeeze on cattle supply.

The first in a series of articles about regenerative agriculture as an agri investment strategy, this piece aims to introduce some of the concepts behind the movement.

The bodies’ joint annual agricultural report, the Agricultural Outlook, predicts that agriculture prices will continue to fall from recent peaks and will stabilise at pre-2008 levels on the back of increased production globally.

The average yearly growth in agricultural GDP in India in the last decade was 4.0%, a new report says.