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Nick Stokes will work across the Iowa-based firm’s alternative lending platforms, the latest of which focuses on borrowers that do not meet traditional underwriting criteria.

Strong demand for maize in China and the US will eat into global reserves but it remains a mixed bag elsewhere. We sum up supply and demand across markets in a few charts.

The purchase of a 3,500-ton facility follows the acquisitions of two similar elevators in Canada and marks the start of Pipeline Foods’ efforts to assemble a supply chain for organic grains and oils.

The farmland REIT paid nearly $1m for a 1,280 acre add-on to the hay growing operations of an existing tenant.

The vehicle will seek low-teen returns through investments in farmland and processing assets devoted to sustainable production of tree nuts, citrus and blueberries.

The agriculture IoT start-up has raised fresh funds from Tencent and Syngenta Ventures, an existing investor.

The Australia-focused investment and farm management company’s decision to sell brings one of the country’s largest irrigated properties to market.

US corn acreage remains concentrated in the Midwest, but its use as input for food and fuel has widened its appeal among states. Our interactive maps take stock of maize democratization since the start of the millennium.

The sovereign wealth fund, along with Flagship Pioneering and two new investors, have allowed Indigo to close on an extra $156m in fresh capital.

The US's largest farmland REIT will draw from the $144m it collected in August to buy the assets from a Temasek-owned agribusiness.