Field Notes

Barings enters ag lending with Homestead partnership; Butterfly Equity changes control after partner dispute; a new spin on bioenergy after 2023 boom; deals round-up, and more. Welcome to Field Notes, the start-of-the-week briefing for our valued subscribers only. Tips and feedback to: binyamin.a@pei.group.

QIC and Wollemi Capital back paddock-to-power play; Ontario Teachers’ targets $70 billion in ‘climate-aligned’ assets; Farm Credit Canada wants C$5 billion for ag by 2030; RRG-backed Homer appoints Joe Hughes as CEO; deals round-up, and more. Welcome to Field Notes, the start-of-the-week briefing for our valued subscribers only. Tips and feedback to: binyamin.a@pei.group.

Cascadia banker spins out ‘farm-to-fork’ agri investment bank; TPG plans to close two Rise funds this year; Arbor Investments acquires Furlani Foods from Entrepreneurial Equity Partners; and more. Welcome to Field Notes, the start-of-the-week briefing for our valued subscribers only. Tips and feedback to: binyamin.a@pei.group.

Lucerne bets on organic grain know-how to shape permanent crop push; US farmland delivers 0.2% 2025 return; Obvious Ventures takes $360 million for Fund V; Verra approves three million soil carbon credits for Boomitra; deals round-up, and more. Welcome to Field Notes, the start-of-the-week briefing for our valued subscribers only. Tips and feedback to: binyamin.a@pei.group.

Inside Manulife’s Farmland Plus fundraise; SURS Illinois plans $550 million allocation to non-core real assets; Gresham House eyes second close for €500 million forestry fund; UK investors see natural capital’s financial viability, but barriers remain; deals round-up, and more. Welcome to Field Notes, the start-of-the-week briefing for our valued subscribers only. Tips and feedback to: binyamin.a@pei.group.

Qarlbo Biodiversity bets on production forests for scale and impact; Lucerne Capital launches $500 million regenerative farmland fund; Conservation Resources hits $52 million close on second farmland fund; deals round-up, and more. Welcome to Field Notes, the start-of-the-week briefing for our valued subscribers only. Tips and feedback to: binyamin.a@pei.group.

Inside Macquarie’s preparations for multibillion-dollar Paraway Pastoral Company sale; Manulife closes Permanent Cropland Plus Fund on $289m; Grit Road Partners launches agtech Fund II; deals round-up, and more. Welcome to Field Notes, the start-of-the-week briefing for our valued subscribers only. Tips and feedback to: binyamin.a@pei.group

Food and natural capital fundraising hits $13.4 billion in 2025; Principal Asset Allocation seeks natural resources as part of its real assets push; download Agri Investor’s latest Impact Investing report; Gresham House hires Hasan Simeen as associate director in its natural capital team; and more. Welcome to Field Notes, the start-of-the-week briefing for our valued subscribers only. Tips and feedback to: binyamin.a@pei.group.

New Forests fully divests ANZFF2; Church Commissioners sets out nature and biodiversity plan; Stafford establishes $1.2bn forestry continuation fund; Meridiam nears $100m first close on debut ag fund; and more, in our final issue of the year. Welcome to Field Notes, the start-of-the-week briefing for our valued subscribers only. Tips and feedback to: binyamin.a@pei.group

NZ Super Fund crafting ‘competitive advantage’ in agriculture; download Agri Investor’s 2025 Impact Report; Just Climate raises $375m for Climate Solutions fund; deals round-up, and more. Welcome to Field Notes, the start-of-the-week briefing for our valued subscribers only. Tips and feedback to: binyamin.a@pei.group.