CONSULTANT’S CORNER: Please enjoy this month’s issue of Consultant’s Corner — where the industry experts from HighQuest Consulting provide insight on the latest activities in the ag investing and agtech space. By Philippe de Lapérouse and Mark Zavodnyik, HighQuest Consulting At the annual Global AgInvesting conference held in New York in early April, the need to be more […]
by Lisa Hurst, dirt-to-dinner.com The Dirt: We need protein as part of a healthy diet— and many of us turn to meat as a source. Satisfying the projected growth in worldwide protein demand is a complicated task and doesn’t lack for controversy. Cell-based meat, an innovative protein, is being accepted as a viable component of a healthy, robust protein source. But what should we call it? […]
By Patrick Adefuye, Preqin Assets under management of unlisted agriculture/farmland-focused natural resources funds have grown exponentially in the past 10 years, from $3.8B in December 2007 to $31B as at September 2017. The sector has attracted increased institutional investor interest as investment opportunities have arisen, driven by global population growth. Since 2008, 130 agriculture/farmland-focused funds […]
Attorney General Jeff Sessions has rescinded guidelines put in place by the Obama Administration that removed marijuana from the list of federal-level drug enforcement priorities. Moving forward, Sessions has expressed that it will now be up to the discretion of each U.S. attorney to decide to what extent issues surrounding marijuana will be legally pursued. […]
By Michelle Pelletier Marshall Arcadia Group, a global commodity trading house, primarily focused on the energy markets and headquartered in London, UK, has found a new niche in the agricultural space that has this non-traditional player starting up a risk management solutions company called Arcadia Agri. It will service small and mid-size ag clients, predominantly […]
Demand in the U.S. for organic food, including milk, meat and eggs, continues to grow, placing strains on global supply chains to ensure the adequate supply of feed ingredients required to produce those products. This recent Washington Post article highlights some of the risks associated with trading counter-parties and the potential for fraud. It also […]
Content sponsored by AGD Consulting Written by Michael DeSa, Monica Ganley, and Wilfred Morren Insight from International Entrepreneurs in Agriculture In the context of recent political turmoil and today’s uncertain economic times, many investors and entrepreneurs are seeking alternative investment options outside the U.S. as a way to add diversity and uncorrelated assets to […]
Sponsored content by Blue Sky Alternative Investments The enduring feature of institutional investment allocations over the past 10 years has been the rise in patient capital (capital allocated to relatively illiquid investment strategies such as real assets, private equity and real estate). Against a backdrop of ever lower ‘zero risk’ yields and an ongoing search […]
Content sponsored by Ohad Zuckerman, Managing Partner, Copia Agro & Food Ltd. Humanity is facing three intense challenges due to a booming world population and its intense industrial progress: – Food Security (i.e. food shortage, food waste, and food allocation) – Climate Change that forces food production in extreme conditions – Negative effects of […]
