Editor’s note: The below is sponsored content. By Troy Setter, CEO of Consolidated Pastoral Company Food demand is one of the biggest global growth themes of this decade and could be a defining theme of this century. The world needs to produce 20 percent more food by 2030 and a staggering 60 percent more food […]
Greg Mellinger, CEO of HighQuest Partners, recently shared some thoughts on his recent and ongoing interactions with private and institutional investors, which signal increased interest in agricultural investment opportunities globally. “The reasons vary and while there is a tendency to focus on robust investment returns, many investors tell me that preservation of capital and conservative […]
California food company Don Lee Farms is breaking into the alternative meat segment with the support of Costco, which has debuted the company’s organic Plant-Based Raw Burgers. This is the latest entrant in the next generation of plant-based burgers that more closely resemble beef burgers in presentation – including “bleeding” juices and the telltale sizzle of grilling […]
By Duncan Turnbull, CEO of Pomeroon Trading Cane sugar has dominated more than just the Caribbean landscape: it is fundamental to the socio-economic fabric of the region. Guyana’s largest ethnic group, the Indo-Guyanese, is descended from the indentured labourers who came to work on sugar plantations after 1850; the second largest, Afro-Guyanese, is descended from […]
The U.S. craft beer market has grown by leaps and bounds, evidenced by the number of breweries rising from dozens in the 1980s to more than 5,000 as of 2016, according to stats cited in Fortune. While some reports suggest growth in the U.S. craft beer market may have plateaued, craft brewers hunting growth have […]
On June 23, 2016, voters in the United Kingdom channeled Groucho Marx and decided to leave a club that actually wanted them as a member. Although the National Farmers Union officially favored remaining in the EU, a significant majority of farmers (in some polls almost 60 percent) wanted to leave. This sets up a fascinating […]
Australian ag-tech startup Sprout Stack is preparing to open its second round of capital in a bid to raise further funding prior to commercializing its automated fresh food production units in early 2017. Designed to revolutionize the way in which fresh produce is grown and distributed, the Sprout Stack unit is a standard intermodal shipping […]
China’s agriculture industry is on the cusp of a sea change, evidenced by a recent multi-billion dollar commitment to the region’s rural farmland. The Agriculture Development Bank of China and the country’s Ministry of Agriculture have earmarked $450 billion (3 trillion yuan) for local agriculture, which will be allocated via loans, over the course of […]
Canadian agribusiness, Richardson International, announced it is investing $120 million to modernize and significantly increase the capacity at its canola crushing plant in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. The project is aiming to increase the facility’s daily crushing capacity by 2,000 tons, bringing the current annual capacity of 450,000 tons up to more than 700,000. Once completed, the […]
When thinking of Brazilian agriculture, most people would probably first think of grain or beef production but aquaculture may one day be added to this list, according to Rabobank. Competing with the U.S. to be the world’s top meat producer and exporter, Brazil is expected to produce 33.7 million tons of meat in 2025/26, indicating […]
