By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Bushel, an independently-owned and leading provider of technology solutions for farmers, grain buyers, ag retailers, protein producers, and food companies, has closed on $26 million in funding through an oversubscribed round led by The Banc Funds Company. Additional new and existing participating investors included The Andersons, Cargill, Lewis & […]
By Bill Phillips, Web Content Specialist, AgReserves (August 15, 2023)* Traci Jensen is the general manager at River Point Farms, an onion packer and processor that is one of the flagship operations in the Row Crops Division of AgReserves, an agriculture investment company that operates farms and ranches throughout North America as well as in […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media AMFRESH Group, in partnership with EQT Future and Paine Schwartz Partners, has acquired 100 percent of International Fruit Genetics (IFG), a global leader in table grape and cherry breeding. This deal sparked a merger with AMFRESH’s SNFL Group (Specialty New Fruit Licensing) – itself a leader in table grape […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Row crop agriculture contributes 5 percent of greenhouse gas emissions from the U.S., and is the largest emitter of nitrous oxide – a gas with 300 times more warming potential than carbon dioxide. However, scientists estimate that a 21 percent reduction in row crop emissions is a viable goal […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media The dietary needs of a global population numbering in the billions (and growing every day) need to be met – and met in ways that are sustainable, mitigate climate change, and are environmentally friendly. Answering the call is ENOUGH (formerly 3F BIO), an alternative protein and food tech startup […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Taking a distinctive, value-add approach, Farmland LP is the largest U.S. asset manager focused on converting conventional farmland to sustainably managed organic production – a strategy which is resonating with investors as ESG and regenerative factors continue to be ever more important considerations when making capital commitment decisions, and […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Macquarie Asset Management (MAM) has agreed to invest up to US$325 million in Atlas Agro and its affiliated project entities via its Macquarie GIG Energy Transition Solutions (MGETS) fund to scale the production of green nitrogen fertilizer. Headquartered in Zug, Switzerland, Atlas Agro focuses on the development, construction, and […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Domain Capital Group and its subsidiary Domain Timber Advisors announced the successful completion of the sale of nearly 2,900 acres of timberland in southeast Arkansas via an unsolicited, off-market deal. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, Domain Capital Group manages approximately $8.2 billion in total AUM (as of September 30, 2022) […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Mitsui & Co. has invested US$360 million through a Singapore-based holding company in Ecuador-based Industrial Pesquera Santa Priscila (IPSP), the largest shrimp farming company in the world. This investment reflects an ongoing focus by Mitsui on the future of protein production and the group’s goal of becoming a leading […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Copenhagen-based bioindustrial company Bactolife announced it has closed on €30M through a Series A round representing one of the largest biotech Series A rounds in Europe. Led by ATHOS with participation from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and existing investors, including Novo Holdings, this capital will support the […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media In recent years, concerns associated with animal protein production have increasingly come to the fore, including antibiotic resistance, sustainability, animal welfare, food-borne illnesses, and perhaps most pressingly, the environmental impact of such production systems. Exacerbating these concerns is the knowledge that meat consumption is projected to grow by 40-70 […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media JLL’s Agribusiness team of Chris Holgar, Geoff Warriner, Clayton Smith, and Jock Grimshaw have been appointed to broker the sale of the entire farming operations of Mackay Farming Group – Australia’s largest banana and tropical fruit enterprise. Begun in 1945 by canecutter Stan Mackay, who planted his first banana […]
