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Agri players are seeing significant opportunities for private farmland investors amid financial pressure on US agricultural producers.

While the opening panel at our 2018 Forum in Chicago acknowledged such near-term headwinds facing managers as increased competition for fixed income, there was optimism for long-term growth.

The Rhode Island State Investment Commission has backed the San Francisco-based firm, which is targeting up to $700m for a strategy blending higher-risk greenfield developments and more stable, lower-returning properties.

Chief executive Eric Jackson says the construction of an ethanol plant nearby helped trigger a sale by ADM, which will continue to use part of the facility for conventional soybeans.

Western Australian Farm Investment Fund is targeting 13.5% IRR but has received little interest from domestic superannuation funds.

In the second of a series, we map out the ag fund universe by strategy. Flick through our presentation to find the vehicle that fits your bill.

Co-founder and president Joelle Faulkner explains to Agri Investor that she supports the ownership restrictions that necessitate distinct vehicles for partially and entirely Canadian pools of capital.

University of Illinois Foundation chief investment officer Ellen Ellison tells Agri Investor of hopes donated farmland can constitute part of a 'barbell' ag portfolio complimented by agribusiness investments drawing on the wider institutions’ industry expertise.

Former Aquila Capital managing partner Detlef Schoen tells Agri Investor that his new role as head of real assets for Insight Investment will focus on the creation of an open-ended, diversified agriculture vehicle.

In the first installment of a two-part interview, we look at the challenges the firm had to overcome to get institutional investors to commit to its $548m second fund.