Private Equity

Halderman, an agri-focused general partner whose institutional clients include the New Mexico Education Retirement Board, has merged with Hageman Group-backed US Agriculture.

Investment director Michael Blakeney explains why Blue Sky's A$12 million Fund III could attract high net worth individuals, and how Asia is driving demand for organics.

Kilter Rural’s water general manager Euan Friday tells Agri Investor about his firm’s water strategies, as well as its new Murray-Darling Basin Balanced Water Fund’s ecological aims.

Bayer has committed $10 million to the Bayer Trendlines Ag Innovation Fund, to be allocated over five years.

Lenders have told a Congressional panel that macroeconomic conditions are hurting farmer incomes, stretching credit thin and locking out younger farmers.

Four superfunds and AMP Capital Investors are backers for the fund, whose managers say cotton, chickpeas and cattle were the main profit drivers.

The closed-ended investment vehicle will focus exclusively on assets supplying grain to or held by organic grains processing company Kialla Pure Foods.

The government funding comes on the heels of an $8 million commitment from a high net worth group.

Brazil’s currency could gain in value from the president's departure, driving up prices for its grain exports.

Harn Soper, the founder of Sustainable Farm Partners, first saw the advantages of organic production when he converted his family farm. Here, he walks us through the cost advantages – and some of the risks – of converting to organic.