Acquired by its owner for A$8.2m in 1997, the 22,000ha Rushy Lagoon is being sold at a time when the Australian government is introducing tighter regulation on foreign ag investment.
Montreal-based Enerkem has just raised C$280m to build facilities in the US and Europe. We zoom in on the transaction’s structure and what it says about institutional appetite for advanced biofuels.
The C$286bn pension is boosting a co-investment structure to support regional dairy as the sector emerges as a focus of ongoing trade negotiations.
During Andrew Claerhout's tenure, the pension has come to define ag and timber as 'a core building block' of its natural resources strategy.
The administration has pledged $50bn to boost transport and connectivity across rural America, but will it make a difference? We asked insiders.
Homestead Capital is among the firms that have received commitments from the vehicle, which has raised at least $268m towards its $300m goal.
Positive cash flows have helped assuage outflows generated by the energy portfolio as Chinese demand boosts forestry.
The TIAA affiliate has bought a portfolio from Gaylon Lawrence Jr, a Nashville-based investor with holdings that include regional banks, an air conditioning company and farmland assets estimated at 180,000 acres, sources told Agri Investor.
Overberg Agri and Acorn Agri, which is backed by local firms African Rainbow Capital and Sanlam, are each valued at more than $180m.
Historical backers of the asset class, not least North American pensions, are seeking to hedge risks by redrawing their forestry strategy. But implementing new plans takes time.