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Australian diversified farming business BFB Pty Ltd. announced that the Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments), one of Canada’s largest pension investment managers, has acquired Proterra Investment Partners’ majority stake in the business, for a reported $208 million. Launched in 1999 and headquartered in Ottawa, Canada, PSP Investments manages C$158.9 billion (US$120 billion) in […]

An investor has recently paid $171 million to acquire 14,500 acres of mixed irrigated and non-irrigated farmland in southwest Benton County in Washington State from Boston-based John Hancock Life Insurance Company, who bought the parcel in 2010 for $75 million. Records indicate that the land consists of 10,500 acres of irrigated farmland, 3,900 acres of […]

Toronto-based commercial real estate firm, Osmington Inc., has exercised a $3.2 million investment option in precision agriculture and data management leader, Farmers Edge. Founded in 1995 and owned by David Thomson, chairman of Thomson Reuters, Toronto-based Osmington Inc. is a private commercial firm that has historically focused on real estate investments. However, four years ago […]