In a report first seen by Agri Investor, agri private equity investor AgIS Capital pointed to investment opportunities in the market as farmland and row crop returns drop.
A Bain & Co report attributes a rise in deal multiples to fierce competition and a limited supply of high-quality targets.
Fonterra Ventures Co-Lab is an open platform that will allow anyone to submit innovative ideas such as new business models, services or technologies.
RFID provides a means to track the supply of meat, from calf to consumer, in one computerized database, and it has gained popularity among investors amid growing concerns regarding traceability.
Bonnefield plans to take the fund to market annually, targeting low double digit returns for high net worth and family offices through investments in Canadian farmland.
The new loan will go towards irrigation, transport, research and technology with a view to increasing productivity.
Greg Hennenfent has joined the farmland investing firm to help pursue private equity investments across the agribusiness value chain after stints with Starr Investment Holdings, Agricole and the CME Group.
Marcello Tumedei, chief executive officer with Suba, said the partnership will merge Gallatin’s “innovative research and development initiatives in peas and beans with Suba’s European large seed vegetable production platform.
Nasdaq Private Market has launched a platform to let HNWIs trade stakes in private equity feeder funds.
The PE community has been closely monitoring major consolidation among large agri groups, including additional pending mergers between DuPont and Dow Chemical, and ChemChina and Syngenta.