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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 Dutch bank said that water conservation policies may drive Saudi companies to seek acquisitions, joint ventures and long-term supply contracts to meet demand for high-quality hay.
Tokyo-headquartered Otsuka Pharmaceutical says that after the $325m deal is finalized, the plant-based cheese alternative supplier will become a pillar of its nutraceuticals business.
The acquisition is the fourth since 2011 for OK Foods, an Arkansas-based subsidiary of Mexican poultry processor Industrias Bachoco.
ACG Materials’ purchase of Diamond Gypsum marks the seventh acquisition since the company entered H.I.G.’s portfolio in 2012.
The manager said investors are looking 'beyond just growing wood', underlining an increasing focus on potential for income from residential, recreational, and conservation-related uses of timberland.
Atlanta-based research firm eVestment reports an 85% increase in real asset allocations over the past year.
The Q2 index reveals 0.70 percent returns that fell short of both the previous quarter and the same period of 2016.
Qualcomm Ventures led the Series B funding round for Prospera, which will use the capital to support a shift in focus from indoor to outdoor farms, among other initiatives.
The author of a recent Boston Consulting Group report says 'there is a large, illiquid market of assets that is increasingly coming up for sale', which could benefit the private sector.
Kansas-based Creekstone Farms has been sold by the US private equity firm after 12 years of ownership to Japanese grain trader Marubeni Corporation.
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