Ag Deal Roundup: Key Trends of 2024 and 2025 Outlook
December 24, 2024
2024 was a year of unprecedented dealflow within the agriculture industry. From the surge of new funds and strategic investments to the flurry of M&A activity, cropland and carbon innovations, and rapid geographic expansions, the sector has been a hotbed of activity. Deals unfolded at a breakneck pace across the spectrum, from agtech inno
Read moreFarmTogether Enters Oregon Wine-Grape Fray With $5.9 Million Vineyard Acquisitions
December 23, 2024
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media FarmTogether, an investment firm specializing in U.S. farmland, has added a pair of illustrious vineyards to its expanding portfolio, bolstering its wine grape offerings. The firm has announced successful closings on Josephine Vineyard and Pearl Vineyard in transactions totaling nearly $6 million
Read moreSwiss Agtech Startup Cerve Secures £3.5M to Digitize the Global Food Supply Chain
December 19, 2024
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Swedish agtech startup Cerve has moved closer to its goal of revolutionizing the world's food supply chain. In its latest seed round, Cerve has secured £3.5 million (US$4.4 million), the proceeds of which it will direct toward eradicating inefficiencies in the world' s food supply chain through i
Read moreSyngenta Crop Protection and AI-Partner Enko Achieve Milestone Toward Sustainable Weed Control
December 19, 2024
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Swiss agtech giant Syngenta Crop Protection alongside partner Enko, an AI-informed crop health company, has reached a key milestone toward sustainable weed control solutions. Through a multi-year weed-control collaboration, Syngenta and Enko have advanced new molecules, building on the success of
Read moreMondelēz International’s VC Arm Joins in Fundraising Round for Israeli Cocoa Tech Startup
December 19, 2024
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media After overhauling its venture capital arm earlier this year, Mondelēz International is making moves. The company's venture capital arm, Mondelēz's SnackFutures Ventures, has reportedly joined in the latest fundraising round for cocoa-tech startup Celleste Bio. Based in Misgav, Israel, Celleste B
Read moreAMERRA Capital Completes Management Buyout From Macquarie and FinStrat
December 17, 2024
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media AMERRA Capital Management, a U.S.-based asset manager specializing in food and agribusiness encompassing sustainable agribusiness and renewable bio-energy investments, has experienced a change in its ownership structure. The firm has completed a successful management buyout by co-founding partners
Read moreQ&A: Fifth-Generation Colorado Rancher Shares Role of Rotational Grazing in Agri-Land Stewardship
December 17, 2024
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media As a fifth-generation rancher, Jen Livsey knows a thing or two about cattle ranching. Her family has been ranching in Colorado since 1907. Their operation, the Flying Diamond Ranch, runs beef cattle across 200,000 acres, 30,000 of which they own. Livsey and her brothers were raised on the ranc
Read moreQ&A: Keeping Up With the Growth in Timberland Investing
December 12, 2024
By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, Global AgInvesting Media, & Scott Reaves, Domain Timber Advisors To say that timberland deals are sprouting up all over would not be an overstatement. From last week’s news about Campbell Global, the timber investment manager owned by J.P. Morgan Asset Management, acquiring more than 40,000 acres of co
Read moreM&A: Agrovision Expands Footprint Into Chile With Premium Cherry Grower Acquisition
December 10, 2024
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media M&A is afoot in the ag industry. Agrovision, a technology-powered superfruit grower, has purchased Chilean grower and exporter ZurGroup, marking its maiden strategic acquisition and paving the way for further growth. The deal marks Agrovision's expansion into premium cherry production amid th
Read moreAustralia’s Lockyer Valley Foods Launches A$50M Round for Fruit and Vegetable Processing Facility
December 10, 2024
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Australia's Lockyer Valley Foods is looking to raise $50 million (US$32 million) in a Series A round, the proceeds from which will be directed toward starting construction on a groundbreaking fruit and vegetable processing facility, the likes of which the country hasn't seen in decades. The goal i
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