By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Launched in 2013 by Jeff Conrad, with Carolyn Bailey, and Ken Warlick, AgIS Capital is a Boston-based, employee-owned boutique farmland investment management firm focused on the US permanent cropland sector. Over the past ten years, the firm has established an impressive track record of acquiring and managing high-quality, investment-grade […]
photo credit: Bridgestone By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Ok, so this isn’t technically investment deal news, but how often do we get to discuss guayule farming and natural rubber production? Almost never! If you’re anything like me, your first thought might have been, ‘I’ve never heard of guayule…’ So let’s start there. Native to […]
By Ben Palen, Ag Management Partners & Consultant, HighQuest Partners The current market for farmland can be accurately described as one where there is a shortage of land for sale and a larger than normal number of potential buyers in many areas. While this article is not intended to be a deep dive into the reasons […]
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media In February 2019 Israeli startup Tastewise announced the launch of its AI-powered intelligence platform designed to predict rapidly changing food trends and consumer tastes. Historically, restaurants would change their menu every few years, and new food product launches would be tied to focus groups and questionnaires that would lack […]
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Co-chaired by AgIS Managing Principal and President Jeff Conrad upon its launch in 1995, the National Council of Real Estate Investment Fiduciaries (NCREIF) Farmland Index is a widely relied-upon tool that includes data gathered from 1,163 investment-grade U.S. farm properties with a total market value of $11.7 billion. Broken […]
This contributed content, which is an exclusive story from The Land Report about a sustainable agriculture standard that a new coalition of farmland owners and operator is introducing in 2020, is printed here with permission. See the original piece here. By Carey Estes, The Land Report “The question our clients have is, ‘What does sustainability mean? And if you […]
By Gabriel Varga and Tetiana Miroshnychenko According to the United Nations, the world’s population is expected to increase by 2 billion people in the next 30 years to reach 9.7 billion in 2050. This rapid increase, along with rising levels of affluence – leading to a growing global middle class – has led to […]
by Lisa D. Hurst, dirt-to-dinner.com The Dirt: You can eat it, use it as a bag, rub it on your skin, swing from it, and wear it as a pair of jeans. Hemp can be processed into food, textiles, health and body care products, paper, industrial products, and building materials. The U.S. has just legalized […]
Following the release of its third quarter 2018 results for the NCREIF Farmland Index, the National Council of Real Estate Investment Fiduciaries (NCREIF) will be conducting its first quarterly webinar on Tuesday, November 13 at 2 p.m. CST. Briefly, for the third quarter 2018, total return was 1.29 percent, compared to 1.13 percent the previous […]
With the backing of a two-year Conservation Innovation Grant from the USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS), Farmland LP has been able to enrich its impact reporting through its 2017 Impact Report summarizing the social and environmental impacts of Vital Farmland LP (Fund I) and Vital Farmland REIT LLC (Fund II). Through its funds, Farmland […]
