Permanent Crops

The Hort Innovation Venture Fund follows in the footsteps of Artesian’s A$50m partnership with the Grains Research and Development Corporation.

The gulf between annual and permanent results continued to widen in Q3 2024, with annual farmland outperforming permanent cropping.

The international export market could play an increasing role in the Australian grape, berry and citrus supplier’s business going forward.

Centuria Capital Group’s diversification strategy is bearing fruit, with the firm seeing 'strong tailwinds' to support ongoing investment in agricultural real estate.

Incoming NZ Super Fund joint chief investment officer Will Goodwin talks with Agri Investor about the future of New Zealand’s sovereign wealth fund, its plans to transform farmland, and the fund’s total portfolio approach.

Ben Vitale says his role will focus in part on commercial agreements to monetize regenerative practices which the firm has had in place since its 2014 founding.

Co-founder Adam Waglay says the Los Angeles-headquartered firm’s entry into wine comes after a decade of study that identified NYSE-listed Duckhorn and its premium market segment as key targets.

Despite improved returns on a quarterly basis, annualized returns on Australian farmland are in the negative for the third quarter in a row.

The pair’s venture will pursue nut and superfood investments in Europe, America, Africa and Asia.

The fund manager has adapted its timberland strategy to farmland and has a partnership in place to receive payments for carbon and methane offsets.