The National Intelligence Council’s (NIC) quadrennial report on global trends highlights agricultural risks and opportunities between now and 2035.
Sun-Capital-owned soup and salad restaurant chain’s sale of assets is designed to bring the company out of a Chapter 11 process it started in October as the company struggled within rising wage costs.
Farm management software company FarmLogs has raised a $22 million Series C round of financing led by a new investor into the firm, Naspers Ventures, with follow-on participation from existing investors Drive Capital, Huron River Ventures, Hyde Park Venture Partners, SV Angel and Sam Altman, president of Y Combinator.
With the global economy expected to grow 2.7 percent in 2017, agricultural prices are projected to remain stable amid a healthy pipeline of key grains, but one of the greatest global challenges remains the need for investment into SubSaharan Africa to improve farm productivity, according to a new report from the World Bank.
According to the Tenure, Ownership and Transition of Agricultural Land survey, conducted by USDA in 2014, US farmland owners expect to transfer 93 million acres to new ownership during 2015-2019.
Vestar Capital Partners–owned Roland Foods has secured $125m in a recapitalization led by Harvest Partners SCF.
Canadian private equity firm Fulcrum Capital Partners has provided growth capital out of its $344 million Private Equity Fund V to Vitalus Nutrition, a provider of specialty cream and milk protein ingredients.
An investor consortium which includes The Carlyle Group, Chinese conglomerate CITIC Limited and its investment unit CITIC Capital Holdings has bought the Hong Kong and China businesses of McDonald’s for $2.08 billion.
Paris-headquartered Céréa Partenaire has raised almost €700 million to invest in Western European agribusiness through its buyout, mezzanine, and senior debt arms, sister publication Private Equity International reported.
The acquisition of a 16,595-acre farm in southeast Colorado expands the REIT’s presence in hay production following purchase of its first such property last year.