Chris Janiec
The UN developmental finance institution will use a combination of debt and equity in its contribution to a $853m effort to improve irrigation for the southeast Asian nation’s 24 million smallholder farmers.
Pope Resources subsidiary Olympic Resource Management has raised $388 million for its fourth timber fund, which will target acquisitions in the Pacific Northwest.
Agribusiness Latin America Fund II will primarily target investments in Brazil, with plans for secondary investments in Argentina, Peru, Chile and Colombia.
Reporting on a district that includes Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Western Missouri, the bank's quarterly report noted that the drop was the largest since the recession of 2007-2009.
Pipeline Foods will initially focus on helping established food companies create transparent supply chains for expanding organic and non-GMO offerings.
NMSIC chief investment officer Vince Smith and analyst Melanie Dubin share with Agri Investor their views on the evolution of timber vehicles, knowledge transfer and the importance of having 'boots on the ground.'
Moody’s senior credit officer tells Agri Investor that firms looking at packaged food sector buys could face greater competition from big food companies recently focused on strengthening their balance sheets.
Under the agreement, PHI and HMC will grow premium organic turmeric in Vietnam and establish an organic turmeric farming operation on a 408-acre property in Florida.
Sathguru Management Consultants has announced plans to raise a $100 million accelerator fund to support early-stage ventures leveraging technology to address food, nutrition and agricultural issues in India.
The largest timberland owner in the US highlighted its recent merger and signals of improvement in the country's housing markets on its earnings call.