By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Australian Agricultural Growth (AAG) Partners has acquired the 14,342-hectare (35,4400-acre) Blackbull Station in the Northern Territory for about AUD$25 million (US$17.63 million), with plans to expand dryland cotton production to approximately 4,000 hectares (9,884 acres). The property includes two freehold parcels – the 9,400-hectare  (23,227-acre) Theyona, and the 4,942-hectare […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media The Shenhua aggregation, located on the Liverpool Plains and owned by Chinese mining giant Shenhua, had been earmarked for the development of Watermark – an open cut coal mining operation estimated to have a working lifespan of 30 years, over which time it had the potential to produce 290 […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Bay Area food tech startup Artemys Foods has rebranded under its new name, SCiFi Foods, and has closed on $22 million in Series A funding led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). This round brings total funding to-date for the company to $29 million, which has been committed from a cadre […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Australia’s AAM Investment Group (AAMIG) launched its fourth fund, the AAM Diversified Agriculture Fund (ADAF), at the end of 2019 with an initial goal of raising A$60 million. After the turn of that year, AAMIG stated it intended to undertake further fundraising to support the acquisition of complementary premium […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Millennium New Horizons has led an oversubscribed $8 million Series A for Strella Biotechnology, the developer of a proprietary sensor technology designed to reduce food waste and improve quality in the fresh produce supply chain. Also participating in the round were Google Ventures, Rich Products Ventures, Mark Cuban, Union […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media At a time when one in seven Americans is food insecure, 52 million tons of food ends up in a landfill, not counting another 10 million tons of food that is left in fields discarded or unharvested each year.  One-third of the food produced in the U.S. is never […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media PotlatchDeltic and CatchMark, two leading U.S. timberland investment managers, announced their agreement to merge through an all-stock transaction, forming a consolidated portfolio amounting to approximately 2.2 million acres across the U.S. This deal, which has been unanimously approved by both company’s Board of Directors, brings together two leading timberland […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Following an announcement last year by Royal DSM that it planned to divest its materials division to re-focus its energies on the production of sustainable food and health products, the Dutch specialty chemical ingredients leader is merging with Swiss peer Firmenich to create DSM-Firmenich in a deal that values […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Vertically integrated producer, distributor, and marketer of fresh fruits and vegetables Fresh Del Monte announced its expansion into the row crop business. The move is being made as a way to optimize the company’s assets, capitalize upon underutilized land, and help the company be a solution to the world’s […]

By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, Global AgInvesting Media As managing director of S2G Ventures’ Ocean and Seafood fund, Kate Danaher specializes in structuring capital, facilitating syndications, and providing comprehensive resources to enable businesses to scale while preserving their mission. Sounds like a tall order, no? Not for Danaher whose vision is steadfast in believing that “business […]

Photo: Joywell Foods By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Food tech and consumer goods company Joywell Foods announced it has closed on an oversubscribed $25 million Series B in support of unlocking the potential in sweet proteins to revolutionize today’s modern diets. This round follows a $6.9 million Series A announced by the company in […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media A wholly owned subsidiary of the Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments), Canada’s largest pension fund manager with US$204.5 billion in AUM, has acquired a 75 percent stake in HFE Berries Perú SAC – owner of 100 percent of the Olmos field farming operation which has a planted […]