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SEDCO Capital's agribusiness private equity fund will soon make its first investment into non-land assets. It is targeting $150m by the end of the year.

MetLife Timberland Finance Group is hiring a new timberland field representative to oversee business development and accounts for MetLife’s timberland loans business in the southern US and Brazil.

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang signed a trade agreement worth $27bn with Brazil, including planned co-operation in the agriculture sector, on Tuesday.

The Ghanaian government and the International Fund for Agricultural Development have supplied $46.6m in funding to finance the Ghana Agriculture Sector Investment Program.

Google Ventures led the $15m Series B round into Farmer Business Network, which was founded by an ex-Google employee. Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers joined the round.

The Australian sheep and cropping fund manager has acquired the first farm for its Australia Fund I, a 486-hectare property in south-west Victoria.

The venture capital arm of the Japanese electronics firm has invested into Plant Life Systems, a sensor and control systems company, to improve agri productivity in Asia.

Credit Suisse has teamed up with CDC, EMPEA, IFC and WWF to produce a report to help private equity fund managers navigate and invest in the agribusiness sector sustainably.

The venture capital-backed agricultural biotechnology company priced its IPO at $8 a share, below its $13- $15 a share price range. It started trading on the Nasdaq on Friday.

The fund manager is expecting to announce a first close on $300m this month ahead of a second closing on $500m in June.