By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media ACCESS Pool, a £40 billion (US$50.56 billion) UK pension fund vehicle overseeing the pooled assets of 11 administering authorities consisting of a collaboration of Central, Eastern, and Southern Shire Councils, has selected Stafford Capital Partners (Stafford) and J.P. Morgan Asset Management (JPMAM) to be its global timberland managers. Two of […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media BTG Pactual Timberland Investment Group (TIG) has announced a groundbreaking carbon offset credit transaction through which it will provide up to 8 million nature-based carbon removal credits to Microsoft through 2043. Recognized as the largest known carbon dioxide removal credit deal to-date by MSCI Carbon Markets, the credits will […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media U.S. Senator Angus King (I-ME) announced an award of $3.4 million from the Indigenous Animals Harvesting and Meat Processing (IAG) grant program – part of the USDA’s Rural Development program – for the Passamaquoddy Tribe to build a controlled aquaculture eel farm, as opposed to relying on wild eel […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Latin America currently accounts for 16 percent of the world’s total food exports, a figure that the UN FAO expects to increase to 25 percent by 2028. And, as food security has grown to be recognized by international investors as a strategic asset class, Mexico is a high-potential market […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Standard Nutrition Company (SNC), a privately held agricultural holding company in business since 1886, announced its launch of the newly formed Passel Farms, a reorganization of SNC’s investments, resources, and partnerships dedicated to pork production that will carry forward from SNC’s Pork Holdings established in 2004. This business shift […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Mucci Farms, a leading grower and marketer of fresh fruit and vegetables, announced it has expanded its operations through the acquisition of Hacienda North Farms, a 159-acre, state-of-the-art greenhouse facility in Coatsworth, Ontario. Mucci Farms is part of Cox Farms, a new business announced by Cox Enterprises in early […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Berjé, a leading supplier to the flavor and fragrance industries, announced it has acquired Global Citrus International (GCI) and Acelim del Peru – two citrus growers and producers of essential oils and fruit products with extensive operations in Peru and strong collaborations with Citrolim SA de CV in Mexico. […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media ASX-listed fund manager Centuria Capital Group announced it has expanded its agricultural portfolio with the acquisition of Latimga Fresh’s 21-hectare glasshouse facility located in Katunga, Victoria. The off-market sale-and-leaseback deal was secured on a 20-year triple-net lease by the unlisted, open-ended Centuria Agriculture Fund (CAF), bringing the fund’s portfolio […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Climate Asset Management, a specialized firm solely dedicated to natural capital, announced the signing of agreements for the acquisition of 1,900 hectares of farmland in Spain and Portugal that will be financed by its Natural Capital Strategy (NCS). These assets are being acquired from Borges Agricultural & Industrial Nuts, […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Colliers Agribusiness is bringing to market Cheeky Farms, one of the largest mango plantations in the Northern Territory with operations across four properties and 283 hectares of well-developed orchards. Located about one hour from Darwin, across the Lambells Lagoon and Berry Springs regions, the aggregation also includes land in […]
