By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media When it comes to insect and pest control, agriculture is in a tight spot. Tasked with feeding the world, it is critical to combat and control damage caused by insects and pests. Agricultural pests are the root cause of social, economic, and health damage that account for $70 billion […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Representing its largest fundraise to-date, Iowa-headquartered Midwest Growth Partners (MGP) announced the close of its third investment fund oversubscribed at $170 million.  Established in 2013, and with an additional office in Nebraska, MGP’s investment mission is to provide opportunities that will advance rural and underserved lower middle market companies […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media S. Kidman & Co. has completed the sale of four stations located in Queensland and the Northern Territory as part of an ongoing portfolio sell-down.  In March 2021, Hancock Agriculture, the second largest producer of beef in Australia, and S. Kidman and Co. – its joint venture with China’s […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Since its launch in 2014, S2G has backed pioneering entrepreneurs and cutting-edge technologies aimed at improving the health and sustainability of our food system, and has deployed capital across the food, agriculture, ocean, and clean energy supply chains in innovators looking to create better outcomes for people and the […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Moroccan university Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P) and fertilizer giant and the largest producer of phosphate fertilizer in the world, OCP Group, have made a $200 million capital commitment to Bidra Innovation Ventures – a $250 million venture capital firm based in San Francisco, California, and Ben Guerir, Morocco. […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media The AGRI3 Fund had a bang of a launch at the beginning of 2020 when during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, the Dutch Ministry of Affairs and Rabobank both announced their cornerstone investments of $40 million each.  Created by the UN Environment Programme, together with Rabobank and […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media It all starts with land – Peoples Company Peoples Company is one of the U.S.’s leading land brokerage, management, appraisal, energy management, crop insurance, and capital markets providers. Having established strong relationships through the industry with a coast-to-coast footprint, the company’s core business model centers on brokering large scale, […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Dutch environmental impact investor Future Food Fund (FFF) has announced the first close for its second fund – Future Food Fund II (FFF II) at $20 million – with expectations for a second and final close at $50 million within a matter of months.  Sector transformation is critically needed […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Côte d’Ivoire is responsible for 45 percent of the world’s cocoa bean output – a crop that generates 40 percent of the country’s export revenue and accounts for 15 percent of its national GDP.  However, smallholders in the country earn barely the price of a candy bar per day, […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media New Zealand-based Halter’s platform is doing it all – improving the well-being of livestock, increasing sustainability and efficiency in farming, reducing labor workloads, protecting the environment, and raising productivity.  The company’s AI-driven application, in combination with its proprietary “Cowgorithm” and precision cow collars, allows farmers to set schedules to […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Timberland and agriculture investment manager Manulife Investment Management (Manulife IM) has acquired 55,000 acres of timberland in South Carolina from global sustainable packaging company Sonoco for $72 million in cash.  Manulife IM manages a timberland portfolio of truly global proportions, totaling approximately 6 million acres across the U.S., Canada, […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Precision livestock company Vytelle has closed on a $20 million Series B that will fund the company’s continued work of advancing cattle genetics and reshaping how cattle producers optimize their herds.  Led by Calgary-based Forage Capital Partners, a growth equity fund focused on investing across the entire food and […]