Crops

A group of farmland investment professionals present the benefits and challenges of the two farmland investment strategies.

Racova Group, one of Romania's largest agribusinesses, operates over 46,000 hectares of farmland in the country.

At the recent Australia Forum, Agri Investor interviewed Strategis Partners managing director Jay Horton about multi-crop insurance and how the agri investment community can use it.

The deal comprises 3,519 aggregate acres of irrigated cropland in California and Florida, for approximately $35 million.

Cultivian Sandbox Ventures, the food and agri focused VC firm, led the round alongside farmland fund manager Fall Line Capital, in Asilomar Bio's first institutional round.

Growth Farms Australia Fund I, the Australian sheep and cropping farmland fund, has acquired a farm aggregation in Northern New South Wales, its second acquisition.

A sixth-generation farmer talks family offices, strategy, returns and time frames.

A UK-based agtech business plan competition, GROW, has awarded first place to Agritopics, a project positioning white pea flour as a high-value ingredient for gluten-free products. Judges included the Grosvenor family office's early stage arm Wheatsheaf Group and angel investment company Martlet.

TIAA-CREF's second agriculture vehicle has raised over $1.7bn to date, reaching nearly 70% of its target.

Perdue AgriBusiness, an agri commodity processor, exporter and provider of agri services and logistics, has acquired the US business of Technology Crops International (TCI) to expand its speciality crops business.