By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Bion Environmental Technologies Inc. (Bion), the developer of an advanced 3G Tech platform that dramatically reduces the environmental impacts of livestock production and recovers valuable resources through advanced waste treatment, has partnered with Ribbonwire Ranch to build a 15,000-head sustainable beef cattle feed operation in Dalhart, Texas.  Joining Bion […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media It was back in September 2021 that Australia’s Aware Super let it be known that it was taking steps to divest its 9,000-plus hectare Lake boga farming portfolio – an aggregation that had been part of a 15-year management partnership with Kilter Rural to regenerate the land and deliver […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media San Diego-based, company-building platform for early-stage ag and food technologies Radicle Growth has announced yet another channel for accelerating the development of early-stage agtech companies.  The launch is being called The Radicle Farm, a global farm-access platform to advance new on-farm technologies. This cohort-style program will identify startups that […]

By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, Global AgInvesting Media Known for being fully committed to the evolution of the companies it supports, San Juan, Puerto Rico-based investment manager Semillero Partners seeks to empower entrepreneurs at the intersection of value and transformational change. They work to rethink and redefine this change by combining capital with collaborative support and […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Melbourne-based wine giant Treasury Wine Estates (TWE) has expanded its portfolio of assets through the acquisition of the 55-hectare Beemak Vineyard located in the Yarra Valley, from Accolade Wines in a deal valued at just over AUD$7 million (US$4.88 million).  Located in the Upper Yarra Valley near TWE’s Hubert […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media UM6P Ventures, the venture arm of Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P), announced it has made an investment in Climate Crop Ltd., a startup using gene editing technology to develop crops with enhanced abilities to harness energy, store carbon, and produce higher yields.  Climate change is multiplying the challenges for […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Chicago-based Entrepreneurial Equity Partners (e2p), a food chain-focused investor in established food and beverage brands, contract food manufacturers, food service, and CPGs, has acquired Roskam Baking Company with intentions to merge it with Organic Milling, one of its existing portfolio companies since December 2021.  In May 2021, e2p announced […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media It was back in October 2021 when Enko, a Massachusetts-based developer of novel, next-generation crop protection solutions, announced it had partnered with Australian agrochemical company Nufarm to develop new herbicide solutions for the Australian, U.S., and EU markets.  This partnership has come into being at a critical time. Currently, […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Agtech company Arable believes that the key solution to being able to sustainably feed the world while mitigating agriculture’s impact on the planet lies in digitizing the analog realities of food production.  To advance this work, return investor Galvanize Climate Solutions, the investment vehicle launched by billionaire Tom Steyer […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Gladstone Land has diversified its portfolio by both crop type and geography through its latest acquisition of 1,317 gross acres of farmland in Washington and Oregon for approximately $37.3 million from Horizon Vineyards, an affiliate of Resource Land Holdings (RLH).  In connection with the deal, Gladstone has assumed multiple […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Brinc, a venture accelerator with a global sustainability mandate, and DayDayCook, an Asian content-to-commerce culinary platform, are committing to invest $10 million through DayDayCook’s Good Food Accelerator – a collaborative project bolstered by Brinc’s investment of $500,000 in DayDayCook, cementing a long-term joint effort to support cutting-edge innovation.  The […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Agriculture is key to Zambia’s people, accounting for nearly half of all employment in the country. However, agriculture, forestry, and fishing account for only 3 percent of the country’s GDP, reflecting the significant potential there is for investment to drive growth for agriculture and its contribution to the country’s […]