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DEBT

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Rise in farm real estate delinquencies ‘could signal future sales’

Chris Janiec - 29 October 2018

DATA SNAPSHOT

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NCREIF: Income drives modest Q3 farmland return

Australia

Capital gains propel Australia’s permanent ag to the top of the...

Australia

Australian winter crop to fall by 12% as drought bites in...

QUOTABLE

“When everyone else is running, the funds walk. When everyone else is walking, they run.”

Hertz Real Estate Services‘ president of real estate services Doug Hensley says institutional buyers remained active in the Corn Belt during the third quarter.

IN FOCUS: FUND STRUCTURE

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Agri Investor Forum: Ag funds navigating shifts in LP sentiment

Chris Janiec - 16 November 2018

While the opening panel at our 2018 Forum in Chicago acknowledged such near-term headwinds facing managers as increased competition for fixed income, there was optimism for long-term growth.

Five takeaways from CalPERS’ investment committee meeting

direct investing 15 November 2018

SFP moves away from fund structure for Iowa farm deal

fund structure 2 November 2018

Australian and Chinese PE firms partner to launch new investment platform

Australia 1 November 2018

Blackdirt raises $510,000 through Harvest Returns

cattle 23 October 2018

BRAZIL

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Brazil’s centrists ‘could bolster Bolsonaro’s agribusiness reform efforts’

Chris Janiec - 5 November 2018

MARKET VIEWS

farmland investors

Northern California draws in private capital in post-drought recovery

Chris Janiec - 11 October 2018

timberland

Soaring commodity prices and rising land values ‘boosting Australian forestry’

Daniel Kemp - 4 October 2018

EDITORIAL

Time to put some flesh on the bones of impact investing

Toby Mitchenall - 13 November 2018

LP CORNER

ACERA to make ag and timber pledges in effort to boost real assets

institutional investors Chris Janiec - 12 October 2018

FMO backs Paraguay ag bank with $15m loan

DFIs 5 October 2018

Timber investment central to NZ Super Fund’s strong returns

New Zealand 28 September 2018

WSIB ups farmland exposure with $250m commitment

farmland 26 September 2018

Time for timberland managers to log out?

timberland 4 September 2018

FUNDRAISING

Australian and Chinese PE firms partner to launch new investment platform

Australia Daniel Kemp - 1 November 2018

VIDEO: When horticulture meets aquaculture

agtech Daniel Kemp - 25 October 2018

MainePERS commits $50m to Homestead fund

farmland investors Chris Janiec - 23 October 2018

Blackdirt raises $510,000 through Harvest Returns

cattle Chris Janiec - 23 October 2018

ACERA to make ag and timber pledges in effort to boost real assets

institutional investors Chris Janiec - 12 October 2018

PEOPLE NEWS

Blue Sky appoints former Hastings boss as chairman

Australia Daniel Kemp - 19 hours ago

Paine Schwartz adds former Sunrise exec as operating partner

agribusiness Chris Janiec - 9 November 2018

Paine Schwartz hires former Monsanto strategy exec

agribusiness Chris Janiec - 19 September 2018

NSW Deputy Premier: ‘There is always room for foreign investment in Australian ag’

Australia Daniel Kemp - 4 September 2018

Majority of investment industry remains ‘Anglo-Celtic and male dominated’

institutional investors Daniel Kemp - 2 August 2018

BEST OF AGTECH

agtech

Australian agtech lagging other countries but outlook is ‘positive’

Daniel Kemp - 29 October 2018

A new report has found Australia invested $0.12 per capita in agtech in 2016, far behind $5.80 in the US and $6.05 in Israel.

agtech

VIDEO: When horticulture meets aquaculture

Daniel Kemp - 25 October 2018

Green Camel, in Sydney’s south-west, is raising A$8.5m as it pioneers organic glasshouse farming collocated with barramundi breeding on a commercial scale. Agri Investor got an exclusive tour of the facilities.

agribusiness

Waving goodbye

Matthieu Favas - 17 October 2018

In his last Weekly Letter as editor of Agri Investor, Matthieu Favas argues that agriculture today is changing at a much faster pace than many observers often think.