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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.
The Agribusiness Latin America II Fund has raised $349.05m and is understood to target annual returns of more than 20 percent by focusing on mid-market food and agribusinesses across Latin America.
The Illinois Society of Professional Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers’ annual report shows farmland value declines in 2016, when 'excellent quality' farmland fell to $11,000 per acre.
Led by Collar Capital-chief investment officer Jeremy Coller, the project aims to encourage a decrease in the antibiotics use through a coalition of investors representing $2trn in assets under management.
Intercontinental Potash Corp. operates a mine in New Mexico that produces polyhalite, an organic multi-nutrient fertilizer.
The $1.1bn pension is seeking a dedicated timber manager for a $25m allocation and would also consider a timber fund that also includes farmland investments.
The impact investing firm has purchased an $8m stake in agricultural logistics and financing provider Sohan Lal, with plans to help the Indian company expand its loans offerings to smallholder farmers.
Rabobank projects animal protein demand growth will be strongest for beef and says future investments by domestic animal protein firms will concentrate on technology transfer.
While the report takes a wide view of the agricultural economy, regional trends in farmland prices could be more telling in terms of identifying opportunities for private investors.
Bonnefield plans to take the fund to market annually, targeting low double digit returns for high net worth and family offices through investments in Canadian farmland.
Greg Hennenfent has joined the farmland investing firm to help pursue private equity investments across the agribusiness value chain after stints with Starr Investment Holdings, Agricole and the CME Group.
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