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Stafford Capital Partners will invest in dairy, beef and row crops, and is splitting its commitments between primaries, secondaries and co-investments.

Canadian private real estate firm Osmington has invested in venture capital-backed Farmers Edge, which develops precision agriculture and data management tools for global agribusinesses.

The purchase from Flight Group was part of a larger deal which also saw Timberlink, an investee company of New Forests, bought sawmilling assets from Flight Timbers.

The new hire, Shane McIntyre, was appointed as the national director of rural & agribusiness and will based out of Colliers' Melbourne office.

The UN body's report suggests $267bn of extra investment a year is necessary to lift an estimated 800 million out of poverty.

The most recent ABARES farm survey report paints an improved picture for broadacre farms with farm cash incomes continuing to exceed long-term averages, writes Jackie White, director, agribusiness advisory at Deloitte.

The Singaporean sovereign wealth fund's annual report revealed agriculture was among its top three sectors for investment in fiscal year 2015.

The resource-efficiency focused investment company has hired Peter Juul Kristensen from pork chain genetics company Genus PIC.

New Forests predicts the $100bn institutional investor market could double or even triple in size as the industry needs to double timber production by 2050.

Superannuation funds NZ Super and First State Super on the gap between small family businesses and institutional capital, and why it's important not to hide behind ignorance.