By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Boston-based Solum Partners has made an undisclosed investment in North American berry plant propagator Nourse Farms, creating a partnership that will position the company to better accelerate its growth and modernize its propagation footprint. In business for more than 90 years, what began as a strawberry nursery serving local […]
By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, Global AgInvesting Media Living roots and soil coverage, integrating livestock, reducing inputs, diverse crop rotations, and minimal tillage – all common practices that define regenerative agriculture. But how to identify the practices that make sense in a given context and implement them successfully? Austin-based startup Vayda just may have figured out […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Australian superannuation fund UniSuper, UK-based Pension Protection Fund (PPF), and APG Asset Management N.V (APG), on behalf of its Dutch pension fund client ABP, have acquired Forico – a 170,000-hectare hardwood forestry plantation in Tasmania, from a fund managed by New Forests. UniSuper is one of Australia’s largest superannuation […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Back in April 2023, GAI News shared the close of CropX Technologies’ $30 million Series C, led by Aliaxis SA, a global leader enabling access to water and energy through innovative fluid management systems, and including Edaphon, Finistere Ventures, NTT Finance Corporation, OurCrowd, Reinke Irrigation, Yair Shamir, and Victrix. […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Major Peruvian agro and food companies are on the move! Only days ago, we shared that Peruvian international fishing and processing group Oceano Seafood had acquired Sea Fresh USA, one of the largest suppliers of premium, wild-caught squid in the U.S., for an undisclosed amount, representing not only Oceano’s […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn., September 29, 2023 – Two winners – FarmSense and PheroSyn – were chosen from four finalists for the 2023 Radicle Inclusion Challenge Presented by Nutrien, held yesterday here at a pitch competition at the 12th annual Women in Agribusiness Summit. Each winner received a $750,000 investment, including the benefits of valuable collaboration with […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media The rise of robots in agricultural production represents a promising trend that addresses an array of challenges faced by the farming industry: labor shortages, the need for increased efficiency and sustainability, threats to farm laborer welfare due to severe conditions such as extreme heat, and recalls caused by the […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media On November 15, 2021, the world population surpassed 8 billion on its way to breaching 10 billion by 2050. Connected with the expectation is the need to produce more food than has been produced in the past 10,000 years combined (staggering!). To accomplish this, it would require a 70 […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Lima, Peru-based international fishing and processing group Oceano Seafood has acquired Sea Fresh USA, one of the largest suppliers of premium, wild-caught squid in the U.S., for an undisclosed amount, representing not only Oceano’s expansionary goals, but its first acquisition in the U.S. Founded by company president James Fox […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Global agricultural machinery and precision ag company AGCO Corporation is forming a joint venture with technology and data analytics company Trimble, giving AGCO an 85 percent stake in Trimble’s portfolio of ag assets and technologies for $2 billion in cash and the contribution of JCA Technologies. Trimble Ag offers […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media I have to admit, I’ve never really given much thought to stone fruit pits. But that’s okay! Because Austria-based Kern Tec has been doing the thinking for us. In Europe alone, 500,000 metric tons of these pits end up in landfills each year. Kern Tec is stepping up to […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Two of Australia’s leaders at the forefront of natural capital and real assets – SLM Partners and Impact Ag Partners – are partnering to launch the SLM Agri Carbon Fund – a new fund to invest in regenerative agriculture and carbon storage in Australia. Founded in 2009, SLM Partners […]
