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Chris Janiec

Chris Janiec is Americas Editor at Agri Investor. Based in New York, Janiec coordinates coverage of private investment into global food and agriculture with colleagues in London. Previously, Janiec covered non-bank capital markets for PEI’s Private Debt Investor, taught international relations and US foreign policy at China Foreign Affairs University in Beijing and worked as an analyst of petroleum and shipping markets in New York.
Valued at $446m, including a debt refinancing to come, the take-private sees will see HGGC acquire the company's portfolio of more than 70 health food and supplement brands.
The $100m investment in FKS Food and Agri aims to bolster the company’s logistics and processing operations for both domestic and wider South-East Asian markets.
An SEC filing recently revealed $35m in funding designed to support private equity-backed vertical farming business AeroFarms' plans to expand into the Middle East and Asia.
The two-year study will result in an informational bulletin and policy brief designed to encourage novel land access and tenure security for small and medium-sized US farmers.
Panelists at the IntraFish Seafood Investor Forum in New York compared notes on investors’ expectations as aquaculture expands from salmon into other species including yellowtail, shrimp and red drum.
A discussion at the IntraFish Seafood Investor Forum in New York highlighted the need for specialized managers amid a surge of investor interest in the sector.
The investment by the Danish Agribusiness Fund will allow Coexca to double pork production and construct a new pig farm to help meet both domestic and export pork demand.
The investment from the Swiss fund will be spread across Stafford International Timberland Fund VIII, co-investments and its first ag separate account.
The South Dakota-based private equity firm is targeting Midwest rowcrop farmland investments on behalf of high-net-worth individuals and family offices.
The investment in second vehicle from Agricultural Capital Management marks the first agricultural investment for the $15.6bn pension.
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