Contributed content from Weiyi Zhang, Ph.D., Senior Agricultural Economist, Manulife Investment Global agricultural production has benefited from expanded international trade for more than two decades. Robust trade networks have connected the demand and supply of a plethora of agricultural products across international borders. Global efforts to lower trade barriers while ensuring farmers’ interests have provided […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media The rise of renewable fuels and the increased occurrence of deals in the soy crushing industry are deeply intertwined, with each sector supporting and propelling the other. As the world continues to transition toward a more sustainable and eco-friendly energy future, the soybean will play a critical role as […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Sustainable seaweed aquaculture company Ocean Rainforest has secured $4.5 million through a Technology to Market Plus Up award from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) as part of the MARINER Program. This influx of capital follows a $6.2 million Series A in February […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, and OCP Group, the world’s largest producer of phosphate-based fertilizer, are launching an $800 million ag finance platform to build sustainable food production and distribution systems in Africa. Agriculture accounts for approximately 20 percent of Africa’s GDP and […]
by Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media German deep-tech company Orbem has closed on a EUR 30 million Series A led by venture investor 83North to advance the company’s AI-driven MRI technology. The round also included new investor La Famiglia and existing investors The Venture Collective, Possible Ventures, Dr. Rüdiger Schmidt, along with an impressive roster […]
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. […]
