Livestock

Australian agtech startup Nbryo plans to scale up its low-cost in-vitro embryo production technology to accelerate genetic gains and cut livestock emissions.

As wildfires and extreme weather escalate, investors are under increasing pressure to allocate more capital to climate resilience and risk sidelining the longer-term goal of reducing emissions.

Foreign ownership of Australian agriculture has seen its first increase in two years as North American investors rapidly expand their holdings and the UK claims the top spot.

New income streams – from water rights to conservation and data infrastructure – are redefining what investors see in ranchland, says Ranchland Capital’s Ed Bardowski.

Australia’s Agriculture and Land Sector Plan outlines major opportunities in carbon, biodiversity and clean fuel, but investors lack the clarity that has driven capital into other sectors like renewable energy.

The pension has previously partnered with Gunn Agri on a farmland platform and has now established a carbon credit beachhead with CEFC – timberland is the next target.

Silva Capital has broken ground on the first project registered under Australia’s biodiversity market but questions remain over how the demand for biodiversity certificates will develop.

The Australian farmland index last posted a positive annualized return in Q3 2023.

Almonds today, carbon tomorrow: defining farmland's 'highest and best use' means keeping pace with markets, investor priorities and public debate.

Co-founder Brandon Welch says the firm is considering an open-end follow-up that will seek $500m to scale the firm’s loans to producers undergoing transition to organic production.