MIM, 1PointFive Enter Lease Agreement for 27K Ac. of Timberland in Louisiana for Carbon Capture and Sequestration Hub
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Manulife Investment Management (MIM) and 1PointFive, a subsidiary of Occidental’s Low Carbon Ventures (OLCV) business, announced their entering into a lease agreement on 27,000 acres of timberland in Western Louisiana as the foundation for a carbon capture and sequestration project. Th
Read moreAtomo Raises Impressive $40M Series A to Scale Bean-less Coffee
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media As climate change intensifies, 60 percent of the world’s coffee species are threatened by extinction, according to findings from the Royal Botanical Gardens in Britain. Changing climate has forced coffee plantations into higher elevations, clearing new land suitable for the production of
Read moreRhode Island, El Paso Pension Funds Make Commitments to Paine Schwartz Food Chain Fund VI
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Two U.S. pension funds have announced capital commitments to Paine Schwartz’ Food Chain Fund VI as they re-examine and adjust allocations due to shifting conditions. With 20 years of experience and having invested more than $2 billion in equity capital, Paine Schwartz has established i
Read morePortugal’s Jerónimo Martins Invests €16.8M in Innovative Norwegian Salmon Farmer Andfjord Salmon
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Portugal-based food group Jerónimo Martins has invested NOK173.9 million (€16.8 million, US$17.66 million) in tech-driven Norwegian salmon farmer Andfjord Salmon. Jerónimo Martins is the second highest-valued company on the Lisbon Exchange based on market capitalization, operating an i
Read morePSP Investments, Citri&Co Forge Deal to Acquire and Manage EU Ag Properties
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Canada’s Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments), one of the country’s largest pension investment managers with C$230.5 billion (US$177.4 billion) in AUM, has entered into a long-term strategic partnership with Citri&Co, a portfolio company of Miura Partners and top v
Read moreAQUA4D to Advance Precision Irrigation With New Funding From Abaque Finance
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Precision irrigation company AQUA4D announced it has secured major new funding from France’s Abaque Finance, which the startup stated will enable it to fulfill its potential in select key markets and to scale its R&D and product innovation efforts. AQUA4D CEO Eric Valette explained
Read moreLittle Leaf Raises $300M to Fund Aggressive CEA Expansion
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media As climate change intensifies and demographics shift, the world is seeing changes in food demand at the same time that it is seeing a constriction of arable land and natural resources. Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) provides a range of solutions that can decrease the environmental f
Read moreWith $60M in Funding, Raptor Ag is Now the Largest Hazelnut Grower in North America
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Over the course of a brief two-year period, Oklahoma-based Raptor Ag has completed a series of deals with a range of institutional investors including family investment offices and Raptor Ag, totaling approximately $60 million for the development, or the acquisition, of hazelnut orchards in O
Read moreAAG Partners Acquires Blackbull Station for About AUD$25M, Plans Conversion to Cotton
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Australian Agricultural Growth (AAG) Partners has acquired the 14,342-hectare (35,4400-acre) Blackbull Station in the Northern Territory for about AUD$25 million (US$17.63 million), with plans to expand dryland cotton production to approximately 4,000 hectares (9,884 acres). The property
Read moreGunn Agri Reveals Purchase of 6,000 He of Shenhua Aggregation
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media The Shenhua aggregation, located on the Liverpool Plains and owned by Chinese mining giant Shenhua, had been earmarked for the development of Watermark - an open cut coal mining operation estimated to have a working lifespan of 30 years, over which time it had the potential to produce 290 mil
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