Chris Janiec
The emerging markets specialist hopes to benefit from increasing acceptance of private-label food among consumers in the region.
The amount offered by Cooke Aquaculture to take Omega Protein private represents a 32.5% premium to the company's October 5 closing price.
The move bolsters the Canadian metals specialist's drive to give LPs access to investments with 'low correlation to the broader market.'
Although Ukraine’s endowment of arable land is the largest in Europe, its agricultural productivity lags regional peers, the World Bank says.
Nick Stokes will work across the Iowa-based firm’s alternative lending platforms, the latest of which focuses on borrowers that do not meet traditional underwriting criteria.
The purchase of a 3,500-ton facility follows the acquisitions of two similar elevators in Canada and marks the start of Pipeline Foods’ efforts to assemble a supply chain for organic grains and oils.
The farmland REIT paid nearly $1m for a 1,280 acre add-on to the hay growing operations of an existing tenant.
The vehicle will seek low-teen returns through investments in farmland and processing assets devoted to sustainable production of tree nuts, citrus and blueberries.
The $74bn pension has entrusted AgIs Capital with $150m earmarked for US farmland, its fifth commitment to agriculture and timberland.
Cultural sensitivity and many frequent-flyer miles played a role in the buyout firm’s shepherding of a kibbutz-oriented irrigation business to become a global market leader. We zoom in on the mechanics of the deal.