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Private equity is lagging on animal welfare issues, but the Business Benchmark for Animal Welfare is keen to get private investors onboard.

Stafford's latest timber fund has so far been invested most heavily in secondaries, followed by co-investments, said Tom Goodrich, a timber group partner.

AgTech Growers Alliance looks to bridge the cultural gap between tech developers and agri producers.

The investment group says it is investigating expansion into new agri sectors and will eschew private equity for long term private investment when it comes to agricultural infrastructure.

The Cargill subsidiary is spinning out agri, food, mining and metals assets into a 'natural resources-focused' private equity firm called Proterra Investment Partners.

The state-owned enterprise could be the latest Chinese company to enter into the global agriculture industry, after its failed takeover bid for the Swiss seed giant last year.

The agri data and analytics company's first funding round since 2014 includes new and existing investors.

As sanctions are lifted on Iran, private equity firms are poised to move into the country, and one firm is eyeing a Kurdistan dairy company.

The report says that while Argentine wine's competitiveness has gone up 50% overnight, investing there is still not for the faint of heart.

Steak Tzar Tzar aims to break into the protein powder industry in the US as well as emerging markets that eat whole insects in Africa, the Middle East and Asia.