Crops

The vehicle was launched in 2024 with a $50m fundraising target.

Periods of upheaval have typically sped up the sector’s progress and innovation, says Cibus Capital chief investment officer Rob Appleby.

The Canadian pension manager has now committed to three Australian agricultural platforms in three years.

Rockefeller managing director Ghita Benabderrazik says her unit’s investment with the Lafayette, Colorado-headquartered New Island Capital spin-out is designed to signal that a first-time manager can deliver return while driving impact.

Emmanuel Simon says the continent’s fragmented farm base is a financing challenge, as it looks to the energy sector for lessons on how to support primary production.

The first vehicle in the series was backed by LPs including the Green Climate Fund, FMO and the Soros Economic Development Fund.

The firm’s strategy has an 8,000ha afforestation pipeline, as pension appetite and a £250m government purchase fund suggest domestic timber resilience is becoming a strategic priority.

Spring Point CIO Margot Kane says the social impact organization's 2019 backing helped prove a strategy that has since attracted $450m from traditional LPs.

Chief client and investment solutions officer Stephanie Bilo says LP engagement in ag has never been as high across the Americas, Europe and Asia.

The Australian Farmland Index has posted a positive annualized return for the second quarter in a row after eight consecutive quarters of negative returns.