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Rural Funds Group, Australia's first listed agri REIT, has been trading well since listing but the price needs to rise further before it can raise new capital, according to David Bryant.

The two countries recently signed memorandums of understanding in an effort to enhance agricultural trade between them.

The soft commodities producer met investors in Europe two weeks ago and will start formal fundraising later this year.

Agro Nica Holdings will launch a $40m institutional fundraise next month after recently completing an early round from family office capital.

The Illinois-based pension fund has transferred its agricultural investments account from Cozad/Westchester to the Hancock Natural Resource Group.

The agtech business accelerator and commercialisation agent will receive funding from the Canadian government to help encourage the agtech market’s development in Canada.

Proteus Environmental Technologies and Grower’s Secret now own a controlling stake in the firm after injecting $20 million to help fund its expansion plan.

The Agriculture Fast Track Fund has invested nearly $2m into four agribusinesses in the two countries across the sugar, poultry, horticulture and milk sectors.

The New Zealand university has launched a fund to invest into agriculture technology in the country, funding projects such as forestry automation and biomaterials.

Strong demand and less leverage means there is no bubble in North American farmland values, according to John Goodreds, senior director, natural resources.