By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media After being owned and managed by the Macneil family for more than 90 years, Green Park aggregation has been acquired by Lawson Grain through a transaction managed by Paull & Scollard Nutrien Ag Solutions, in conjunction with Elders Rural Services, and a deal reported to be valued in excess […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Headquartered in Ft. Worth, Texas, Harvest Returns was founded in 2016 by two military veterans to democratize the ag investment process by connecting individual ag investors with producers in need of capital looking for an alternative to traditional bank loans.  Understanding that ag investment has long been a compelling […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Solum Partners began at the height of the pandemic, in October of 2020, when Harvard University’s $41.9 billion endowment spun off its natural resources portfolio and team into a new independently managed firm focused on investment opportunities in the global agriculture and food spaces. This spin-out of its natural […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Looking to support organic agriculture via new opportunities, North Carolina-based Harpe Bioherbicide Solutions is a tech company providing natural and sustainable herbicide solutions that expand farmers’ options by reducing, replacing, and synergizing with synthetic chemicals used in row and specialty crop production.  A shrinking base of arable farmland, tight […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media The ecological well being of the planet, and the agricultural sector tasked with feeding its growing population are under more strain than ever. But this intense pressure is regrettably pushing agriculture to be an ever greater driver of climate change.  Agriculture is the leading driver of land use shifts […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Vietnam is a bit of a dark horse when it comes to shrimp and shrimp farming. The country is the world’s second largest exporter of shrimp, with the crustacean accounting for nearly half of the country’s revenue from seafood. And as the industry continues to rapidly grow, expectations were […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Convent Capital, an independent asset manager based in the Netherlands, announced its second close for its AgriFood Growth Fund at EUR 100 million (US$110 million) in capital commitments. Of this total, EUR 10 million (US$11 million) was committed from the Dutch insurance company a.s.r. Founded in 2011, Convent Capital […]

Contributed content from Weiyi Zhang, Ph.D., Senior Agricultural Economist, Manulife Investment Management Farmland is often considered to be a real asset class that provides investors with attractive risk-adjusted returns, portfolio diversification benefits, and access to natural resources with sustainable management practices in addition to positive performance during inflationary periods. In today’s unsettled and highly dynamic […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media AgDevCo, an African-focused ag investor specialist has committed $8 million in mezzanine funding to an avocado venture in Kenya in partnership with Agris, the agriculture and forestry division of investment company Maris, and Granot, a leading avocado producer from Israel.  Together, the partners are aiming to develop a 390-hectare […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Founded in 2004 with an initial investment of $175 million from Vic Super, Kilter Rural is self-described as “a specialist manager, dedicated to investment in Australian real assets of farmland, water, and ecosystem services”. With 30 years of experience in sustainable farmland and water management, Rural Kilter’s core investment […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Over the past few years (and throughout the global pandemic) digital agronomic farm management leader CropX has been diligently pursuing growth through both innovation and acquisitions.  Since January 2020, GAI News has shared the company’s acquisition of: Nebraska-based CropMetrics in the U.S.; precision effluent and irrigation services company Regen […]

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 […]