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Co-founder Gabe Santos says he hopes the fact many institutions 'don’t even have an allocation yet for farmland' means there is space for growing interest to turn into capital commitments. and Dan Little describe how farmland’s evolving investor base helps shape the firm’s fundraising and portfolio strategies.

The family office of one of Australia’s richest men is building a significant portfolio of beef and aquaculture assets in Western Australia and plans to expand into grains.

Bonnefield president and CEO Tom Eisenhauer explains why investors need to commit to ag now, his firm’s reasons for steering clear of an own-and-operate strategy and the impact of covid-19.

PSP head of natural resources Marc Drouin said the pension would look to do more post-farmgate investments in Australia and could work with local funding partners more in future.

Chief executive and former Harvard natural resources MD Colin Butterfield says AIG’s desire to back his team’s food and ag strategy helped catalyze the creation of Solum.

Real estate investors looking for steady returns are beginning to view sale-and-leaseback agriculture assets as core investments, Colliers says.

Gunn Agri Partners revealed that the Gunn Agri Cattle Fund, which is now fully deployed, reported EBITDA of A$19.7m for the year ending June 2020.

TIR Europe Forestry Fund II is close to securing its first acquisition – a $30m property in the south-east US.

TSSP has teamed up with SLM Partners and Midwestern BioAg on a fund that will pursue opportunities created by events such as the introduction of SGMA.

Other interested parties in the FruitSmart deal that could be worth as much as $105m included corporations, private equity funds, and endowments.