Chris Janiec
The farmland REIT says selling the Oregon property to its current tenant will allow it to pocket a 20% IRR on its initial investment.
The acquisition of Lodi Pump and Irrigation follows the firm’s purchase of Hydratec earlier this year.
The US firm has decided to back a company closer to direct cannabis flower production than any of its previous investments. Managing director Michael Gruber tells us why.
Advantage Capital has used its $154m Rural Business Investment fund to back New Hampshire-based Rustic Crust, which the firm's CEO says continues to demonstrate an 'unwavering commitment to its community.'
Tracts of agricultural land are being lost to urban development, says the American Farmland Trust. We canvassed the market to understand what investors can gain from targeting assets covered by conservation easements.
Peter Berwerger, already a member of Paine’s Portfolio Excellence Platform, has assumed the role of chief executive at AgBiTech after having held the same role with Paine’ irrigation company.
Andromeda and Mubadala have secured majority stakes in Nireus Aquaculture and Selonda Aquaculture from a consortium of Greek banks.
The $14.3bn pension was also an investor in the previous $893m iteration of the Paine Schwartz Food Chain Fund, which is seeking $1.2bn for the fifth vehicle in the series.
Criterion Africa Partners, a Maryland headquartered firm comprised of the team formerly behind Global Environmental Fund’s Africa Sustainable Forestry program, is targeting $150m for the team’s second vehicle.
The investment in Zebu Investment Partners’ Africa Food Security Fund comes soon after publication of a UN report highlighting agriculture as a key sector in efforts to manage migration flows on the continent.