Chris Janiec
Peoples Company’s annual Land Investment Expo saw attendees trying to predict the direction of US interest rates, geopolitics and the weather – but the centrality of government support only appears to be heading in one direction.
Empowering female decision makers in ag is an important step toward building a more prosperous food system, says Women in Agriculture initiative director Leonor Gutierrez.
Competitive markets and new fund investments dictate that the pension expects it will take up to 24 months for its capital to be deployed through Ceres’ Midwest-focused open-ended farmland vehicle.
The pension is considering divestment from timber and ag as it looks to strengthen inflation hedging and performance through non-core real estate and infrastructure investments.
Ambitious plans to revamp forestry’s role in global climate change mitigation face significant environmental, social and governance challenges in Brazil.
Eric Cooperstrom says Manulife’s Forest Climate Fund will support both internally developed projects and collaborations with established carbon development companies familiar with regional methodologies and regulation.
Recent strength in farmland markets has been driven in part by rising interest rates that are themselves likely to be a key factor shaping buying strategies in the years ahead.
The New York-headquartered agribusiness firm will target 20-25 percent gross IRR through a mixture of control and growth equity investments from the fund.
Fifteen percent of the vehicle’s strategy will be devoted to loans of up to $25m to row and permanent crop operators who will be advised by the firm’s network of regional farm managers.
Frederik Östbye says the investment falls under Aliaxis Next’s remit to focus 30% of investments in markets that could impact the water engineering parent company’s business over the long term.