By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Lima, Peru-based international fishing and processing group Oceano Seafood has acquired Sea Fresh USA, one of the largest suppliers of premium, wild-caught squid in the U.S., for an undisclosed amount, representing not only Oceano’s expansionary goals, but its first acquisition in the U.S. Founded by company president James Fox […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media A consortium led by Paine Schwartz Partners (PSP) including Driscoll’s Inc. and British Columbia Investment Management Corporation, who collectively with their affiliates hold approximately 19.62 percent of the company, have successfully entered into a scheme implementation agreement for the takeover of leading Australian fresh fruit and vegetable grower, packer, […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Blue Road Capital, an independent investment firm focused on vertically integrated food and agriculture opportunities, announced its acquisition of NatureSweet, the largest vertically integrated agriculture company in North America, from Silver Ventures for an undisclosed sum. Founded in 1990, NatureSweet is a leader within the fresh produce industry. Over […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media From its start as a pioneer in cannabis research, cultivation, and distribution, Tilray Brands is now a leading global cannabis-lifestyle and CPG company with operations in Canada, the U.S., Europe, Australia, and Latin America and a production platform that supports over 20 brands in more than 20 countries. Deepening […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Once best known as being a pioneer in jellies and jams, The J.M. Smucker Co. announced it has agreed to acquire the iconic Hostess Brands through a cash and stock transaction valued at $5.6 billion, including about $900 million of net debt. This deal will gain J.M. Smucker the […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Cibus Capital announced that Cibus Fund I will be making its first exit of a wholly-owned portfolio company after agreeing to divest its largest asset – the Iberian extra virgin olive oil producer and processor Innoliva Group (Innoliva) – to global private asset manager Fiera Comox. Based in London, […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Leading South American beef exporter Minerva Foods announced it has agreed to acquire 16 cattle slaughtering and deboning plants (including 11 in Brazil, three in Uruguay, one in Argentina, and one lamb plant in Chile) from beef rival Marfrig Foods, the parent company of U.S.-based National Beef and Iowa […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Brown&Co. is bringing a unique institutional scale investment opportunity to the market, brokering a premium 44,000-hectare, grass-fed beef breeding and fattening operation and 46,000 head of predominantly Brangus cattle in the Gran Chaco region of Paraguay. Having begun working in South America in the early 2000s, Brown&Co. has built […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Both Mitsui & Co. and Nomura, a global financial services group with a network spanning more than 30 countries and regions, have concluded agreements to invest in Tropical Asia Forest Fund 2, a Southeast Asian forestry resource fund managed by New Forests Asia, a wholly owned subsidiary of New […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media “Over the last several decades, farmland’s performance as an investment has been remarkable – outperforming returns from the stock market, bonds, and even real estate,” Artem Milinchuk, founder and head of strategy, FarmTogether, told GAI News in an interview published in April 2022. “Even more impressive, farmland has produced […]
