By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Following the death of one of its founding directors, the shareholders of Australian Food and Agriculture Co. Ltd.(AFA) have decided to sell the company’s aggregations totaling 222,000 hectares (approximately 550,000 acres) across New South Wales. Established in 1993 by the late Colin Bell with the acquisition of the historic […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media San Diego-based cellular seafood company BlueNalu has reportedly closed on a $33.5 million Series B round backed by new and existing investors, according to Agronomics, a venture capital firm that has invested, in aggregate, $8 million across BlueNalu’s Seed, Series A, and pre-Series B rounds. Due to overfishing and […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media The precision irrigation market has been in an extended period of growth since 2010, and it doesn’t appear to be losing any steam. Valued at $2.24 billion in 2022, the industry is forecast to experience a CAGR of 14.84 percent to reach a value of $4.47 billion by 2027, […]
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 […]
