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 […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media In a strategic expansion across the Southern U.S., Weyerhaeuser, one of the biggest owners of timberland on the planet, is bolstering its timberland portfolio. As a timberland real estate investment trust (REIT), the company has unveiled its plans to acquire approximately 117,000 acres of prime timberlands in North Carolina […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media A new cross-border partnership is poised to advance regenerative agriculture practices throughout European farming operations. InSoil, a Vilnius, Lithuania-domiciled climate finance company specializing in soil health, and Vancouver-based Key Carbon, a financier in the voluntary carbon market, have partnered in a multi-year tie up. Their mission is to champion […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media A new venture investor is emerging on the global agribusiness scene, poised to reshape agricultural investments and improve food security across the Middle East and beyond. Saudi investment firm Aram Palms Company and Cordiant Group, which specializes in ag value chains, are partnering to strengthen ag investment in the […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Zug, Switzerland-based forest management firm Precious Woods, a specialist in tropical hardwoods, is expanding its Latin American footprint. The company, focused on protecting forests through sustainable management, plans to double its forestry assets in Brazil, according to a report in Valor International. It already oversees roughly 600,000 hectares (1.5 […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media In a move to transform Asia’s rice sector as the world knows it, the Asian Development Bank (ADB), teaming up with food-secure research partnership CGIAR and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, has embarked on an ambitious program. Launched this month, this effort aims to fundamentally reshape the region’s […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Melbourne, Australia-based natural capital investment firm Kilter Rural is striking while the iron is hot. The firm has listed the Oomabah Riverina, a collection of five farming properties located in the Southern Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. Kilter acquired the property in recent years through Kilter Agriculture, […]
