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Land prices across the US Corn Belt could fall by as much as 10% a year for three years, but this does not reflect badly on the investment opportunity, argue managers and consultants.
A lack in economies of scale, low-tech farming techniques and broken value chains remain thorny issues for China's agriculture industry, according to local private equity professionals.
Chiquita's acceptance of a $1.3bn takeover bid by a Brazilian partnership sparked some debate about its impact on the wider agri investment market.
Mark Mansley, investment manager at the £2.2bn Environment Agency Pension Fund, tells Agri Investor about the fund's experience in agriculture and timber investing so far.
A dip in US farmland values and commodities could impact institutional investment appetite – and perhaps spark some Darwinism among buy-and-lease-focused fund managers.
The family office-led fund management firm is raising capital to invest globally in its second agricultural venture.
The opportunities for investing into agriculture are endless, according to Jim Rogers, the famed US investor, businessman and author.
Howard Kaplan, founder and president of Farmvest, the agri investment consultancy based in California, explains some of the challenges investors face investing in the US.
Recent dips in commodity prices have prompted speculative reports about the possible effects on US farmland values and investments. But some investment managers say this focus is too narrow.
Český fond půdy, an open-ended Czech farmland investment fund, received commitments from mutual funds, high net worth individuals and a pension fund. It is targeting €10m a year.