By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Israeli startup Meala FoodTech announced it has secured $1.9 million in Pre-Seed investments led by The Kitchen FoodTech Hub, a part of the Strauss-Group, and DSM Venturing, the corporate venture arm of the Royal DSM. The round also saw participation from Milk & Honey Ventures. This investment marks the […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Global agricultural company S&W Seed Co. and Equilon Enterprises (Shell) announced their agreement to establish a joint venture for the development of novel plant genetics for oilseed cover crops to be used as feedstocks for biofuel production. Under the name Vision Bioenergy Oilseeds LLC, the joint venture, which will […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Post Holdings announced its formation of a pet food platform after signing a definitive agreement to acquire select pet food brands from The J.M. Smucker Co. in a $1.2 billion deal consisting of $700 million in cash and approximately 5.39 million shares of Post Holdings common stock. Under the […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Large-scale, sustainable indoor farming and certified B Corp, AppHarvest, announced it has commenced a $40 million underwritten public offering of its common stock. AppHarvest also stated it intends to grant the underwriters a three-day option to purchase up to an additional 15 percent of the shares of its common […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Having secured approval from Australia’s Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB), Consolidated Pastoral Company (CPC) has successfully completed its acquisition of Langley Station, including all cattle, a plant, and equipment, for A$17 million. Located adjacent to the Jimarndy aggregation, which CPC acquired in October 2022 in a record-setting A$48 million […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Once again the Southeast U.S. is proving to be a hotbed for timberland deals. Private investment management services firm Domain Capital Group has revealed its acquisition of 22,000 acres of timberland throughout the U.S. Southeast via six separate transactions spanning October 2022 to January 2023. These deals add to […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media In 2021 Bunge launched its Sustainable Partnership Program, a pioneering, large-scale initiative to track grain purchases with the goal of developing consistent and responsible supply chains, particularly in regard to sensitive areas at higher risk for deforestation in Brazil. Through the program the company shares its methodologies, tools, and […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media I’m sure at one point or another, nearly every farmer has wished they could clone themselves to accomplish all that needed doing. Now, with Agtonomy’s newest solution – TeleFarmer™ – specialty crop farmers are one step closer to that reality. Based in San Francisco and Sonoma County, Agtonomy enables […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media New Zealand Superannuation Fund is expanding its partnership with T&G Global through the acquisition of T&G’s 194-hectare Riwaka orchard in Nelson by FarmRight, the fund’s rural investment manager. “Over the past two years, we’ve developed a strong partnership with the NZ Super Fund, which is built off our shared […]
Photo credit: Rebellyous Foods By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Founded in Seattle in 2017 by former aerospace engineer Christie Lagally, Rebellyous Foods has developed patented technology that achieves at-cost parity between plant-based and animal-based chicken. In support of this barrier-breaking work, the startup announced it has successfully raised $9.5 million in equity funding from […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Campbell Global, the wholly owned timber investment manager of J.P. Morgan Global Alternatives, advised investors and has led the acquisition of more than 250,000 acres of commercial timberland across three properties in the Southeastern region of the U.S., through a deal valued at more than $500 million. J.P. Morgan […]
Photo credit: New School FoodsBy Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Plant-based seafood producer New School Foods has emerged from stealth to publicly present its proprietary, scalable technologies for plant-based meat production, able to produce whole-cut fish alternatives that are on-par with animal-based counterparts. Concurrently, the startup announced it has closed on $12 million in Seed […]
