The joint venture with Afrisian is the start of an expansion effort by the animal feed and edible oils company.
Inner Mongolia Fuyuan Farming has acquired a 79% stake in Australian dairy ingredient processor Burra Foods.
Tom McKeon was previously chief executive officer at Hassad Australia, the food and agribusiness subsidiary of the Qatar Investment Authority.
Prices paid to US agri producers remain well below 2015 numbers despite edging up slightly from February.
The acquisition of 51,700 acres of South Carolina timberlands brings the REIT's total timber holdings to nearly half a million acres.
A combined 86% of endowments and foundations think impact investing will produce returns at or above market performance.
The USDA has licensed the fund to receive equity investment from the US Farm Credit System to invest in small food and agri businesses.
The government-owned investment manager has bought a large stake in the 5.8m hectare cattle companies.
A mix of strategic and venture investors plan to build faculty research at seven US universities into digital, biotech and genomics agri companies.
Hold periods top six years as PE firms seek to ride out macroeconomic uncertainties, a study by industry body AVCA and EY reveals.