By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Timberland, whether it’s forestland, the trees on that land or a combination of both, has historically served as an attractive asset class. With historical returns of 10.9 percent over several decades, investors not only gain exposure to capital gains but also income generation (cash flow) through yield. Considering biological […]

By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media In a sign that private capital is beginning to move off the sidelines, Butterfly Equity, a Los Angeles-based private equity firm specializing in the food sector, is acquiring North American luxury winemaker Duckhorn Portfolio. The all-equity $1.95 billion transaction will see the publicly traded target company return to its […]

By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Farmland Partners Inc. (FPI), a Denver, Colorado-based real estate investor, is offloading nearly $300 million in farmland assets to Farmland Reserve, an investment auxiliary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS). The massive portfolio of assets comprises nearly four-dozen farms across 41,554 acres of farmland in […]

By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media AcreShield, a Des Moines, Iowa-based company behind the YieldOptimizer technology, has raised over $2.5 million in a Series A fundraising round. The company’s Yield Optimizer is a hybrid artificial intelligence (AI) solution designed to solve a yield-gap problem, helping to deliver smarter seed selection with protection to row crop […]

By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media In what’s shaping up to be a massive year of growth, xFarm Technologies, a Manno, Switzerland-based technology company focused on digitizing the agribusiness sector, has raised an impressive €36 million (US$39.4 million) in a Series C funding round. Led by technology investment firm Partech through its Impact Growth Fund, […]

By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media In its second capital raising event, Vision Greens, a Welland, Ontario-based tech-advanced indoor-farming company, has attracted C$18 million (US$13.11 million) in debt and equity to its coffers. The fundraising, the second of its kind for the company, includes C$10 million (US$7.2 million) in equity capital and C$8 million (US$5.8 […]

By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Lesaffre, a Northern France-based food and beverage manufacturer specializing in fermentation and microorganisms, has come full circle with its previously announced acquisition of dsm-firmenich’s yeast extract business. The deal is now complete, strengthening Lesaffre’s commitment to innovation in the savory ingredients market and ushering in a new chapter for […]

By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Australian ag investment manager GO.FARM has scooped up a pair of water-rich agricultural value-add projects, including the Dellapool Aggregation and Sandmount North in Narrandera, New South Wales and Katunga, Victoria, respectively. Worth a combined A$150 million (US$101.3 million), the investment involved the participation of Qantas Super, an A$9 billion […]

By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media In a show of strength for Canada’s private sector financing, Glengarry Farm Finance, an alternative lender to the ag industry owned by merchant bank Stormont Partners, has struck a key partnership. Farm Credit Canada (FCC), which is 100 percent invested in Canadian ag and food, has committed C$60 million […]

By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Venture capitalists have been flocking to the crop protection space of late, and apparently there’s plenty to go around. North Carolina-based Micropep Technologies has clinched a $40 million Series B round, propped up by its latest pair of backers. Micropep’s latest commitments, worth a combined $11 million, came from […]

By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media With U.S. farmers busy harvesting their fields while also setting the wheels in motion for next season, Total Acre, a Kentucky-based program that fosters growth among a community of U.S. farmers, is doing its part to make things better for them. Through a partnership with agtech innovator Precision Planting, […]

By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media FarmWise, a U.S.-based smart-farming company behind an AI-driven weeding solution, has partnered with RDO Equipment, a dealer of intelligently connected ag equipment from brands like John Deere. The collaboration is designed to expand FarmWise’s precision weeding and cultivation footprint to vegetable farmers throughout the Southwestern U.S. FarmWise’s flagship product […]