The International Fair Agrifood - Fiagrop 2015 - will host representatives from 26 foreign companies next week.
Select Harvests wants expressions of interest from long-term investors to enter into a sale-and-leaseback arrangement on over 5,000 acres of underdeveloped orchards.
The alternatives fund management firm has hired Koome Imathiu to invest across agri-related logistics and bio-energy as well as other renewable energy and resource efficiency assets.
The private equity group has bought a majority stake in Palacios Alimentacion from venture capital firms ProA Capital and Talde, and private markets giant Partners Group.
The firm is understood to have spent A$250m on the acquisition from global food giant Kerry Group.
The fund of funds house was awarded mandates by two European institutions and hopes to have $250m in agri-dedicated AUM by end of 2015.
The Dutch VC firm has invested $5.6m into LemnaTec, the agricultural data analysis and phenomics company.
Conterra Asset Management entered into a joint venture with Farmer Mac to provide fee appraisal services for farmland owners and is targeting a $100m first close of its agribusiness PE fund later this year.
Flow Kana, the Californian service promoting organic cannabis production, is raising capital for technology improvements.
The listed Australian farmland REIT has entered into a 22-year lease with Olam Orchards, on land it is converting from grazing and cotton.