Crops

The proposed budget would eliminate a $234.5m ag exports-oriented program and speciality crop grants.

Despite having widely supported leaving the EU, British farmers are showing a loss of confidence in the sector’s future post-Brexit, an NFU survey finds.

Freight Farms converts shipping containers into internet-connected growing spaces to produce green leafy vegetables hydroponically.

The farmland REIT invested nearly $30m in six farms across North Carolina and southwestern Arizona.

Mitsui & Co has acquired Top Seeds 2010, making it the third agri/food-related deal the Japanese trading house has announced since the beginning of the year.

With support from the IFC, Rabobank and other lenders, the Argentine soy exporter will be able to boost crushing capacity and build a new grain port at its Timbues plant.

Australia’s agricultural sector achieved double-digit returns last year that were significantly higher than the 9.3% posted in 2015, according to the Australian Farmland Index.

Located north of Perth with its own water resource and easy access to the Dampier gas pipeline, the 6,679-hectare property has already drawn interest from private equity investors within a week of being put on the block.

The US mid-market consumer investor has sold the Canadian coffee roasting company to Italian roasters Lavazza.

Having reduced its debt burden by divesting nearly 50% of Glencore Agri last year, the Swiss commodities giant is looking to expand into the US agri sector.