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A vehicle focused on the purchase of farmland in Brazil from the Cargill spin-out has reached a $100m first close and has a target of $500m.

The manager expects its investment in one of Australia’s largest beef producers to serve as a platform for growth.

FIRB member Patrick Secker said Chinese investors account for a small part of Australian agri’s foreign investor universe.

The Cleveland, Ohio-based real assets consulting services firm is understood to have hired an investment banker in the past month.

In July, the developmental finance institution’s board will consider a loan supporting expansion plans of Singapore-based agri trader Agrocorp.

Impact Vision and Ag Voice took home the people’s and judge’s choice awards, respectively, at Rabobank’s Food Bytes conference in New York.

Kim Homa and Robin Olson, both formerly of USC Consulting Group, have joined the food and consumer-focused firm to focus on supply chains and manufacturing, respectively.

The guarantees from the World Bank’s credit and political risk insurance arm will go to the country’s agriculture and infrastructure bank, with Standard Chartered Bank signing $500m in term loans.

The Canadian pension giant says it "plans to build scale in US agriculture" having increased its agriculture exposure by more than 11% in a year.

The cannabis-focused investor has closed it first vehicle early after an IPO from an investment produced profits sooner than expected.