By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Japanese global trading and investment company Mitsui & Co. and Brazil-based Suzano S.A., the world’s largest paper and pulp producer, have forged a non-exclusive Joint Collaboration Agreement focused on exploring the manufacture and sale of next-generation biomaterials and derivatives, such as biofuels. A foundation for the venture is Suzano’s […]
photo credit: Terviva By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media California-based regenerative agriculture and food company Terviva announced it has entered into a partnership with Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) that included an investment in the business from Mitsubishi. Terviva is working with local communities to harvest beans from the pongamia tree to produce protein-rich oil and meal. […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Founded by Carter Malloy in 2018, AcreTrader uses crowdfunding to remove the traditional barriers to farmland investing, providing investors, buyers, and sellers unique access to land, data, and tools that create a streamlined, highly efficient experience. Farmland is one of the largest U.S. real estate sectors, valued at more […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Doubling down on its commitment to Florida citrus, integrated fresh citrus company IMG Citrus, a subsidiary of IMG Enterprises, has acquired the assets of J&J Fresh Produce including 1,000 acres of farmland in the Delta Farms water district and a new 185,000 square-foot cold storage and packaging facility, in […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media It’s a scenario we’ve all become familiar with after managing shifts toward organic farming. Changes in production practices, adopting new methodologies and technologies, integrating new accountability requirements, transparency, and documentation – all have the potential to be costly and pose real challenges to advancement. We are seeing the same […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media French multi-energy company TotalEnergies has become the largest shareholder in Gabonese forestry company Compagnie Des Bois du Gabon (CBG) after acquiring a 49 percent stake in the company from Criterion Africa Partners (CAP) for an undisclosed amount. CAP is an integrated forestry investor and forest products company that operates […]
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 vertically integrated fresh fruit company, for the acquisition and […]
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 Oregon, and pecan orchards in […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Veripath Farmland Partners launched in 2020 with an official memorandum offering of a unique split fund under an evergreen structure, creating a channel of access to Canadian farmland for a wide universe of investors that streamlines and simplifies compliance with varying provincial farmland ownership regulations. Since their launch, Veripath […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media The Development Bank of Japan (DBJ) continues to display its position as an investment leader, becoming the first Japanese investor to agree to back ADM Capital Europe’s (ADMCEU) Cibus Fund II. This announcement marks DBJ’s fourth investment in the food and agri space following commitments made to Equilibrium, TIR, and […]
