Crops

The funds will be used to improve sustainability of Adecoagro’s rice, oilseed and dairy operations in Argentina amid recent improvements in the agribusiness environment.

Dr. Stephen Padgette, co-inventor of gene that confers the most widely-used biotechnology trait in agriculture, will work with the firm’s existing portfolio companies and help find new opportunities as an operating director.

David Gladstone reports that the conversion of farmland into suburbs in growing regions of the US helping to support an increase in rental income for the farmland REIT.

The second farmland fund from the San Francisco-based firm will continue to focus on acquisitions in the Mountain West, Pacific, Midwest and Delta regions of the US.

An infusion of $8m in capital will help fund research into seed treatments and soil additives designed to increase agricultural yield.

Strong US grain exports are helping US suppliers boost financial strength despite historically low crop prices.

A European private equity firm has agreed to purchase a crop protection and nutrition-focused unit of Sapec Group, a Portuguese conglomerate.

Implications of the recently-announced merger with American Farmland Company dominated discussion on Farmland Partners' Q3 conference call.

Nazca will effectively cede all ownership rights in Agromillora with the deal.

The UK could regulate the use of GM crops on a commercial basis after leaving the EU.