Senior COFCO Traders Leave to Join Freepoint Commodities
Victor Osle, global head of wheat trading at COFCO, and Matt Halsall, head of corn trading at the group, have left their positions with COFCO in Geneva, Switzerland to join the newly launched...
View ArticleNew Natural Foods Investment Fund Closes on $55M
Boulder Investment Group Reprise (BIGR) announced the closing of its newest fund, BIGR Ventures LP, at $55 million after its launch in December 2015 with an initial tranche of $18 million. The company...
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Investor Insight: The Australian Ag Opportunity
Agriculture presents some appealing motives for investment—strong long-term fundamentals, attractive historical returns that are uncorrelated with other financial instruments and a strong inflation...
View ArticlePolish Investment Fund Acquires Majority of Fish Processor
GRWC Holdings Limited, a subsidiary of Polish investment fund, Abris Capital, has agreed to acquire a majority stake equal to 55.77 percent in leading Polish fish processor, Graal SA, for an...
View ArticleMacquarie’s Paraway Pastoral to Sell Pier Pier Station
Macquarie’s Paraway Pastoral Company is selling its Pier Pier Station located in New South Wales with expectations that the property could sell for upwards of $30 million. The property, which is...
View ArticleFyffes Acquires Second Canadian Mushroom Producer for $46M
Ireland-based banana and produce company, Fyffes, has bought its second Canadian mushroom producer within six months. Less than six months after its entry into the Canadian mushroom sector with the...
View ArticleDirect Fresh Announces New Round of Investment, Launch of Innovative Farming...
Bangladesh-based Direct Fresh, a supplier of safe, fresh produce to wholesale markets, retailers, institutional customers and households announced a new unspecified round of investment led by RSA...
View ArticleCooke Aquaculture Scotland Acquires Salmon Farming Operation
Cooke Aquaculture Scotland, the regional unit of Cooke Aquaculture, announced it has agreed to acquire Balta Island Seafare – a salmon farming company located in the Shetland Islands for an undisclosed...
View ArticlePaine & Partners Invests in UK’s Largest Dairy Group
U.S.-based food and agribusiness investment firm, Paine & Partners, has made an undisclosed investment in Meadow Foods, the largest independently owned dairy group and supplier of dairy products in...
View ArticleFarmland Partners Set to Get A Lot Bigger with AFCO Acquisition
Farmland Partners Inc. (FPI) and American Farmland Company (AFCO) have agreed upon a stock for stock merger of the two companies under which Farmland Partners will acquire all of the outstanding common...
View ArticleMerger Creates Largest Table Grape Grower in Australia
Two of Australia’s leading produce companies, Perfection Fresh Australia and FruitMaster, have announced their agreement to merge their table grape businesses. The resulting company, which will trade...
View ArticleIndia Value Fund Advisors to Invest $40M in SeedWorks
Private equity fund, India Value Fund Advisors (IVFA) has agreed to invest Rs 270 cr ($40 million) through a secondary share purchase in Seedworks International Pvt Ltd., a Hyderabad-based hybrid seed...
View ArticleFour Steps to AgTech Go-To-Market Success
Fundamentally, company strategy is typically classified as either Business-to-Consumer (B2C) or Business-to-Business (B2B). While both B2C and B2B business models have commonalities, there are an equal...
View ArticleChinese PE-Backed Consortium to Buy ABF Cane Sugar Unit for $500M
Associated British Foods (ABF) has agreed to sell its cane sugar business in Southern China to a Chinese consortium consisting of Nanning Sugar Industry Co. Ltd., and its partners, Minsheng Royal...
View ArticleCarr’s Group Sells Flour Milling Business to Whitworths Holdings for £36M
UK-based agriculture, food, and engineering company, Carr’s Group has sold its food division, Flour Mills Ltd. to Whitworths Holdings Ltd. in a deal valued at £36 million (US$48 million). After...
View ArticleBrief: Lewis & Clark Ventures Raises $20M in Additional Capital for Agtech...
St. Louis-based venture capital firm, Lewis & Clark Ventures, announced it has raised $20 million in additional capital for investments in agtech innovation. Founded last year by general partner,...
View ArticleBayer to Acquire Monsanto in Record-Breaking Deal
After months of negotiations and three bid increases, Bayer has been successful in reaching an agreement with Monsanto for a $66 billion takeover of the company. The offer, which is a record cash...
View ArticleS2G Leads $6M Series A for Gluten Free Flour Company
Chicago-based S2G Ventures has led a $6 million Series A round of funding for Blue Prairie Brands, a functional food producer specializing in the manufacturing of gluten-free chicory flour. Additional...
View ArticleCrop Enhancement Inc. Raises $8.5M Series B
Crop Enhancement Inc., a developer of environmentally safe, sustainable agrochemical formulations designed to improve crop yields while minimizing or eliminating the need for pesticides, has closed on...
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What Today’s Farmland Prices Mean for Investors [+PODCAST]
In the past months, farmland prices have continued to creep downward, leaving behind the record prices of the past few years. The August 8th Land Values Report from the USDA National Agricultural...
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