Crops

The agri data and analytics company's first funding round since 2014 includes new and existing investors.

As sanctions are lifted on Iran, private equity firms are poised to move into the country, and one firm is eyeing a Kurdistan dairy company.

The report says that while Argentine wine's competitiveness has gone up 50% overnight, investing there is still not for the faint of heart.

The paper says private companies concentrate too much on short-term profit margins, and that more research has to be carried out with public funding.

By using microbes to improve crop resilience, the company hopes to drive sustainable yield improvements.

The DFI will extend $20m to the farm operator and agribusiness holder, a long-term partner.

Agribusinesses in South Africa have reached their highest historical debt levels, but a major lender's head of agriculture information said treating the sector as cyclical was key.

AeroFarms chief executive David Rosenberg talks vertical farming, data science and why most indoor farming start-ups are bound to fail.

The US market for legal cannabis products grew by up to 90 percent last year, but legal as well as reputational concerns continue to keep professional investors at bay.

Saudi Arabia has paid $188m for a stake in Brazilian beef producer as the kingdom bolsters food security through foreign agri asset purchases.