The Illinois State Board of Investment is terminating its only investment mandate in the asset class with no plans to make new agri-related investments.
Fonterra’s latest downwards revision of the milk price could hit some dairy farmers hard, according to Agro-Ecological, the New Zealand investment manager.
Resource Management Services, the US-based institutional fund manager, will raise the capital across two funds; one targeting international markets and another targeting the US forestry market.
The management consultancy firm has sent a submission to the government’s Agricultural Competitiveness Taskforce in the wake of its crop insurance symposium earlier this month.
The Canadian buy-and-lease farmland fund manager has increased Fund V’s target by C$15 million.
The investment bank will promote investment and joint ventures with overseas investors and strategic partners with the aim of expanding Uzbekistan's poultry sector.
Mark McHugh worked at Raymond James previously where he advised on the first-ever timber REIT IPO.
Allflex Group, a livestock tracking and identification company, will acquire SCR, an Israeli firm, for $250m. Allflex is BC Partners’ only agri investment currently.
Business incubator Rural Agri Ventures will address the demand/supply gap across dairy, logistics, infrastructure, animal feed and water management among other sub-sectors.
The REIT has bought over 200,000 acres of timberland from a 2006-vintage timber fund managed by Resource Management Services.