By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media The AI revolution has officially made its way into the ag space. Syngenta Crop Protection, a North Carolina-based business unit of the global Syngenta Group, has entered into a partnership with Taranis, a vertical AI-powered crop-intelligence platform with locations in the U.S., Brazil and Israel. The multi-year agreement is […]

By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Regenerative agriculture is growing like wildfire among green circles, spreading across borders. Middlefield, Ohio-based Advancing Eco Agriculture (AEA), which helps growers to make data-based decisions, has reached a global partnership with Turkish precision-ag tech company Topraq to expand access to regenerative solutions. The collaboration is structured to include an […]

By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Ghent, Belgium-based Biotalys has secured subscription commitments totaling €15 million (US$16.3 million) via a private placement of new equity shares involving both new and returning investors. Biotalys, an agtech company developing protein-based biocontrol solutions for sustainable crop protection, will direct the proceeds toward building its proprietary Agrobody technology platform […]

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 […]