Water Asset Management is raising a $300m fund that will invest in water resources across the western US, Agri Investor has learned.
Clarmondial AG has partnered with Duff & Phelps Management Company S.A.R.L. and Pictet Asset Services for the imminent launch of a new credit fund focused on sustainable agriculture.
The Ministry of Agriculture has called for changes that would clear the way for the creation of corporate farming entities within China, likely to shape import demand and opportunities for foreign investors long term.
A new report from the UK’s Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) shows that the sale of antibiotics for use in food-producing animals fell by 10 percent, from 62 to 56 mg/kg, between 2014 and 2015.
The funds will be used to improve sustainability of Adecoagro’s rice, oilseed and dairy operations in Argentina amid recent improvements in the agribusiness environment.
Dr. Stephen Padgette, co-inventor of gene that confers the most widely-used biotechnology trait in agriculture, will work with the firm’s existing portfolio companies and help find new opportunities as an operating director.
Philadelphia-based owners aim to expand the company’s presence in the growing healthy snack food sector through acquisitions.
David Gladstone reports that the conversion of farmland into suburbs in growing regions of the US helping to support an increase in rental income for the farmland REIT.
The second farmland fund from the San Francisco-based firm will continue to focus on acquisitions in the Mountain West, Pacific, Midwest and Delta regions of the US.
An unspecified investment in OFD Foods will fund additional freeze-drying capacity at the Oregon-based company.