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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 former head of seafood consulting at PwC Norway has been hired to lead AMERRA-linked company’s efforts to expand the provision of non-dairy animal proteins.
New Hampshire-based Conservation Forestry raised $269m for its fourth fund, with European pensions playing a key role, according to chief operating officer Paul Young.
The board of the $14.8bn pension approved Townend’s recommendation to expand its real assets portfolio to include agricultural investments.
The NGP Capital-spin out has raised just over half of its $750 million target on its second fund, according to a recent SEC filing.
Andrew Freeman has joined H.I.G. Middle Market’s San Francisco office to make investments in the food and agribusiness sectors from the firm’s $1.75bn fund.
Pipeline chief executive officer Eric Jackson spoke with Agri Investor about the current state of those supply chains, the role Pipeline hopes to play in increasing organic acreage and attractive investment areas the firm has identified.
Nearly one percent growth in average Iowa farmland prices seen over the past six months was not enough to counter the declines seen in the first half of the past year, according to a recent survey.
Management consultants’ analysis explains why public markets rarely provide attractive exits for land and agriculture investments.
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.
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