DomaCom has recently started offering agricultural property investments on its real estate platform for as little as A$20,000. It is targeting self-managed superannuation funds.
Regenerative agriculture-focused fund manager Farmland LP has acquired a property in Willamette Valley, Oregon, from family-owned Olsen Agricultural Enterprise.
Growth Farms Australia Fund I, the Australian sheep and cropping farmland fund, has acquired a farm aggregation in Northern New South Wales, its second acquisition.
Fund II has acquired 18,500 acres across six properties in four transactions. Fund I is set to open again before the end of the year.
The state fund hopes to mobilise a further $2bn of investment into the industry from local funds and state governments.
A UK-based agtech business plan competition, GROW, has awarded first place to Agritopics, a project positioning white pea flour as a high-value ingredient for gluten-free products. Judges included the Grosvenor family office's early stage arm Wheatsheaf Group and angel investment company Martlet.
Perdue AgriBusiness, an agri commodity processor, exporter and provider of agri services and logistics, has acquired the US business of Technology Crops International (TCI) to expand its speciality crops business.
The corporation will supply small- and large-scale loans of up to $5m, for projects including more efficient irrigation, waste-to-energy plants and solar installations.
Arlon Group acquired The Coastal Companies, a distributor and processor of fresh produce and dairy products in the mid-Atlantic region of the US with its $335m North America fund.
With the help from IFC, the Singapore subsidiary of New Hope plans to create more than 1,500 new jobs in ten countries in South and South-East Asia.