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TIAA’s recently launched asset management business is partnering with California-based AGR Partners to raise $600m for agribusiness investments.

For investors, technology to prevent or monetise waste is as appealing as improvements in productivity.

KKR and Baring Private Equity Asia are said to be among the firms interested in bidding for a stake in the company that could lead to a full spin-out.

The three properties, including cattle stations and forage crop-growing land, previously operated as an integrated business.

Stamp duty land tax for higher taxpayers has gone up, but capital gains tax has gone down, making exits for some more palatable.

By using gene editing to minimise inputs, rather than maximise pest resistance, the agri industry can re-shape public perception of GE crops.

The US investment firm has also acquired non-genetically modified organised food company That's How We Roll.

The acquisition of Blue Harvest’s Massachussetts fishing fleet is part of Bregal Partners’ vertical integration and growth strategy for the scallop harvester and processor.

The investment comes on the heels of reports that Aqua Capital has launched a second fund targeting $300 million.

Forty research and marketing groups will collect and share information on Cuban agri markets.