By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Private equity continues to capitalize on rising demand for food supply chain assets in Australia. Private equity giant KKR has unveiled plans to acquire North Sydney, Australia-based chicken grower ProTen, one of the country’s largest agricultural infrastructure businesses, from superannuation fund Aware Super. KKR is making the investment through […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media A true gem of the American West is coming to the market. Cato Ranch, nestled just outside Sheridan, Wyoming, has been listed for sale. This iconic property, set within the foothills of the Bighorn Mountains, embodies a rare convergence of traditions, including the storied practice of cattle ranching, a […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media The Agri Investment Fund (AIF), whose strategy prioritizes innovation to advance the agriculture and horticulture sectors, has been feverishly deploying capital of late. Among its recent investments, the fund has backed VOCSens, an Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium-domiciled deeptech firm specializing in real-time multi-gas monitoring that makes invisible molecules visible through the […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Australia’s Duxton Farms, which oversees a portfolio of agricultural assets spanning 165,067 hectares (407,889 acres) across New South Wales, Victoria and the Northern Territory, continues to reorient its agribusiness portfolio. This time, Duxton Farms plans a targeted realignment of its Australian private companies specializing in walnuts, dried fruits, orchards […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media In an advance for Latin America’s digital agriculture landscape, Agrolend, a Brazilian farming fintech, has expanded its Series C funding round to $56 million. The latest capital injection arrived through the strategic entry of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to the shareholder lineup, contributing $3 million. This fundraising […]
By: Bentleys Queensland One of Northern Australia’s premier large-scale beef cattle operations, Millungera Station, is now being offered to the market. Business advisory firm, Bentleys Queensland, based in Brisbane, is exclusively advising on the divestment of the asset for their long-term client, well-known Australian cattle family pastoralists, the Acton Family. One of the jewels in […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Agtech company Halter, which has dual headquarters of Auckland, New Zealand and Boulder, Colorado, has received a massive capital injection, cementing its status as a unicorn startup. The firm, behind a tech solution for beef ranches and dairy farms, has raised $100 million in a Series D round. This […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Melbourne, Australia-based boutique investment manager Prime Value Asset Management is selling a portfolio of citrus orchards. The firm is offloading five premium horticultural farms spanning three separate states—Victoria, New South Wales and South Australia—in a listing being managed by JLL Agribusiness. These properties, located in the prime citrus growing […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Singapore-based Proterra Investment Partners Asia, a private equity firm that invests from farm to fork, has just announced its largest investment so far. Through the Proterra Asia Food Fund 3, the firm has backed Lanna Agro Industry Co., or LACO, a key producer and exporter of frozen edamame in […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media The asset management arm of German insurance giant Munich Re has made its inaugural investment. The MEAG Sustainable Forestry Equity Fund has secured 5,250 hectares (12,973 acres) of forestland in the Pacific Northwest U.S. The property is primarily stocked with Douglas- and Hemlock Fir, the value of which is […]
By: Artem Milinchuk, Founder & Head of Strategy at FarmTogether The USDA’s May 2025 Farm Sector Income Forecast projects that net farm income (NFI) in the U.S. will rise to $180.1 billion, an increase of 29.5 percent compared to 2024. Though just shy of the 2022 record high of $183.6 billion, this sharp rebound marks […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media In a major private capital infusion into Central Asia’s agricultural sector, Harvest Group, a Swiss commodities giant specializing in ag crops like wheat, corn, soy and barley, has committed $500 million to a major land development initiative in Kazakhstan. Through its subsidiary Harvest Agro, the firm has committed to […]
