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Arbaro Partners has set up an impact investment fund, and has hired Finnfund's Hana Skelly to manage it.
Willowood USA will use the investment from speciality buyout firm Lariat to expand operations of its post-patent agri inputs business.
The acquisition by the Cooke group marks the second attempt by P&P to sell off the seafood company, after a previous agreement fell through last autumn.
The joint venture with Afrisian is the start of an expansion effort by the animal feed and edible oils company.
Inner Mongolia Fuyuan Farming has acquired a 79% stake in Australian dairy ingredient processor Burra Foods.
Tom McKeon was previously chief executive officer at Hassad Australia, the food and agribusiness subsidiary of the Qatar Investment Authority.
The acquisition of 51,700 acres of South Carolina timberlands brings the REIT's total timber holdings to nearly half a million acres.
A combined 86% of endowments and foundations think impact investing will produce returns at or above market performance.
The USDA has licensed the fund to receive equity investment from the US Farm Credit System to invest in small food and agri businesses.
A mix of strategic and venture investors plan to build faculty research at seven US universities into digital, biotech and genomics agri companies.