Chris Janiec
Gaps between populist rhetoric and political reality suggest sector pledges in Brazil, Colombia and Mexico will be difficult to implement, says Fitch.
California legislation of groundwater may be harming the value of such properties, says The Specialty Crop company’s Kevin Herman.
With C$400m deployed from Fiera Comox's debut vehicle, partner Bob Saul explains why the firm has shifted focus from a search for assets with existing cashflow to earlier-stage opportunities.
Scott Hogan previously oversaw restructuring of Louis Dreyfus Company’s Florida-headquartered citrus unit following its crop disease crisis.
Fernando Martins, a partner at Bain & Company, says in the absence of regulation, fund managers, their investors and corporations active in agribusiness are preparing for a carbon-constrained future.
Managing director Chris Morris says after accumulating Mid-South farmland properties since 2012, the firm’s portfolio has reached the $100m range typically of interest to institutional investors.
Indigo Ag has raised a total of $650m in private equity financing, with its most recent round valuing the company at $3.5bn.
For private investors in global agriculture, growing concerns about inequality are by no means academic; the chasm between large and small is already shaping their environment in important ways.
Trade war has had little impact on LP demand for exposure to Farmland Investors’ open-ended vehicle, says UBS.
Local advisor Wilfred Moran says the deal’s size makes it an anomaly in a timber market dominated by transactions of $20m-$25m.