The Paine & Partners investment in UK dairy Meadow Foods appears to be the first from a US private equity firm since Britain's Brexit vote.
The merger will make Farmland Partners the biggest US farmland REIT, with executives hoping the move will give the company further access to global institutional investors.
The USDA and private partners are investing $59m in projects that address water quality and conservation issues, with a third of strategies designed to attract further private investment into agricultural land conservation.
Philip Cummins has said the case for international institutions to invest in agri is 'very compelling' and highlighted some reasons Australian investors won't take the plunge.
Golub Capital has provided a $66.5m facility to CenterOak Partners to finance its acquisition of Wetzel’s Pretzels.
US pistachio production fell in the last year as did demand in China, but Australia, the US and China stepped up almond and walnut production as Japanese, Chinese and European demand rose.
The deal marks the Sydney-based private equity firm’s fourth investment from the A$180m Allegro Fund II, which is about 40 percent deployed.
Jürgen Rigterink will replace Nanno Kleiterp, FMO's chief executive officer since 2008.
The IFC is stepping up its focus on Myanmar, where 70% of the population generate their main income from farming.
The manager is selling its beef cattle Quilpie Aggregation from its PKA-backed fund, including a ten-year government carbon abatement contract.