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The $12.3bn pension has invested in Folium Capital’s debut agricultural vehicle, which is understood to be seeking mid-teen returns from a strategy focused on Europe and the Americas.

The A$120m deal by Archstone Investment, an agri investment firm owned by the Hui family, comes less than a year after the failed sale to another Chinese investor.

Annual returns for entitlements clocked in at 2% last year as wet weather dampened allocations prices.

The UK-based DFI plans to use the farm as a hub for a regional development effort aiming to stimulate commercial agriculture in the southern African nation.

Timber investments from the $139bn Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan began in 2002, later complemented by an agricultural program launched in 2014. Portfolio manager Stephen McLennan tells Agri Investor about inflation, size requirements and the advantages of a direct investment approach.

Twelve universities have received grants of up to $6.5m to work on issues that include improving spinach production, developing new grape varieties and creating a domestic stevia industry.

Founded last year, the Washington state-headquartered firm will pursue a strategy calling for hold periods of 15 years or more.

We caught up with chief executive Kevin Schwartz on performance, platforms and LP thinking as the US firm endeavors to deploy the second half of its $893m fourth fund.

Family Farms Action, an organization that will soon have the power to support political candidates, plans to research how institutions can support rural communities yet opposes foreign investment in farmland. We spoke with Joe Maxwell, its president and chief executive, to find out more.

Levine Leichtman has agreed to buy FlexXray, which uses X-ray imagery to help clients identify food safety incidents, amid a drastic jump in food recalls in the US.