The $155m Advantage Capital Agribusiness Partners LP has made its first investment into a cage-free chicken egg producer, Iowa Cage-Free.
The National Institute of Food and Agriculture will award grants across water, climate, childhood obesity and food security projects.
PDC Capital Group, a private equity fund, is raising $45m in EB-5 immigrant investor funds to assist biodegradable organic chemical products company Clear Currents.
The State Investment Council voted on TIAA-CREF Global Agriculture II on Tuesday, as the council's director of real return said at least a further $600m in commitments to the fund are expected.
Phoenix Africa’s Sierra Leone rice farming project started operations in October and is now raising $1.1m to expand and buy more infrastructure.
The US timberland fund management firm is fundraising two funds: Timbervest Targeted Opportunities Fund and Timbervest Crossover Partners IV.
Inocucor Technologies, a company that produces yeasts and bacteria to improve the productivity of soil, seeds and plants, attracted venture capital investment to the round.
The private equity arm of Cargill has closed two funds: Black River Agriculture Fund 2 on $587m and Black River Food Fund 2 on $700m.
Domaine Chanzy is raising £1.9m and will list the IPO on Seedrs, the UK fundraising platform, in a first for the industry.
Dutch pension fund PGGM has committed between €50 million and €100 million to Black River Food Fund 2, a private equity fund managed by the private equity subsidiary of US agribusiness Cargill.