Experts at the Agri Investor Forum 2015 in Chicago say innovations from outside big agribusiness will move future markets.
The firm acquired Pharmaq in 2013 for about €250m and is selling it to Zoetis for $765m.
Top farmland investment and management professionals talk row crops vs permanent crops and buy-and-lease versus own-and-operate at the Agri Investor Forum 2015 in Chicago.
The new Polish government may act to restrict foreign investment following a 425% increase in land values since 2004, says agri consultants Brown & Co.
The subsidiary of Deutsche Börse became custodian of a stake in a 2013 agri fund as part of its acquisition of Citco's hedge fund custody processing business.
The emerging markets' middle classes are beginning to shape agri demand in unexpected ways, said Marc Sadler of the World Bank at this week's Agri Investor Forum in Chicago.
Agri as an asset class is still little understood, according to delegates at this week's Agri Investor Forum in Chicago.
Louis Dreyfus Group, one of the world's largest agricultural commodity traders, has teamed up with emerging markets firm Bamboo Finance to launch the fund.
The acquisition is the second investment by the firm's $893 million Fund IV.
An unnamed Chinese-Israeli investor group is expected to add to the $4m Agrinnovation close.