Dairy

In converting 2,400 acres of Florida timberland to forage-growing land for dairy cows, Farmland Partners hopes to diversify its portfolio in terms of risk.

The NZ$30bn superannuation fund says there is a 'shortage of good investment opportunities' and it is taking on less risk than a year ago.

The firm sees opportunities in dairy, supply chain management and farm-to-fork models.

The RDIF plans to make $4bn in co-investments to agriculture aby 2018, and will focus on businesses with local and export markets, its chief executive officer Kirill Dmitriev said earlier this week.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has provided a €15m loan to Kazakhstan dairy producer FoodMaster.

The currently projected $9.7bn US agri-trade surplus is still far below the $25.7bn seen in 2015.

Investors, including Rabobank partners SHIFT, are targeting Mastiline in the belief its technology could be internationally commercialised and decrease antibiotic use.

A dynamic hedging approach is a complex but innovative and flexible way to get good returns from an international farmland portfolio, argues Insight Investment's head of currency research.

Chinese, Thai and Middle Eastern investors are to help fund and run the super-sized, vertically integrated project.

Inner Mongolia Fuyuan Farming has acquired a 79% stake in Australian dairy ingredient processor Burra Foods.