Consultant’s Corner: HighQuest Partners – Your Guide in Unprecedented Times in Global Food & Ag
By Philippe de Lapérouse, Head, Consulting, HighQuest Partners Fourteen years ago, little did I anticipate that the increased focus on investing in global food and agriculture following the food price spikes in 2007 and the economic downturn in 2008 would today be driven by unprecedented threats and challenges that have converged within
Read moreInsight: Sharpe Ratios of Canadian Farmland
By Stephen Johnston, Managing Partner, Veripath & Equicapita funds *The content put forth by Global AgInvesting News and its parent company HighQuest Partners is intended to be used and must be used for informational purposes only. All information or other material herein is not to be construed as legal, tax
Read more15 Minutes With… Nicole Atchison, CEO of PURIS™ Holdings
By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, Unconventional Ag Media (This story first appeared in our sister publication, Unconventional Ag News) NOTE: This year’s Unconventional Ag conference, which will take place Nov. 29-30 in Minneapolis, includes a tour of the PURIS Innovation Center. The tour will include an inside look at scaling a sustainab
Read moreFarmland Investment – An Updated Different Point of View
By Ben Palen, Ag Management Partners Some Updates Since July 2021 Some nine months ago, I opined that farmland had become an “investment du jour”. That was meant to suggest that increasing numbers of investors, ranging from retail to institutional levels, were realizing the benefits of land ownership. There are few signs that its
Read moreTakeaways from GAI NY 2022 — Macro Drivers, Net Zero, and Opportunities in Organics
By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, Global AgInvesting Media The 14th annual Global AgInvesting, held April 4-6, 2022, back in NYC for the first time since the pandemic, was very well-received and attended by nearly 800 in the sector, from institutional investors to family office managers to innovators and agribusinesses. Topics covered include
Read moreInsight: Farmland, Gold, and Stagflation – the Perfect Storm?
By Stephen Johnston, director, Veripath Partners *The content put forth by Global AgInvesting News and its parent company HighQuest Partners is intended to be used and must be used for informational purposes only. All information or other material herein is not to be construed as legal, tax,
Read moreNavigating Rising Inflation and Interest Rates with Agricultural Investments
By Weiyi Zhang, Ph.D., Senior Agricultural Economist, Manulife Investment Management A blast from the past—or is it? -- Inflationary pressures are expected to weigh on farmers’ financial profitability, but commodity prices remain at historically high levels. -- Farmland can demonstrate stable and resilient return performance throu
Read moreWhere The Rubber Meets The Road: The Challenges and Opportunities of a Large Scale Irrigation Development Project in Zimbabwe – Part II
By Ben Palen, Ag Management Partners LLC Introduction In Part I of our case study [see GAI News December 14, 2021], we addressed some macro level topics pertaining to the sub-Saharan part of the African continent, and at the national level for Zimbabwe. They included the following items: ~Large amounts of uncultivated, arable land.
Read moreThe Investigation of Unfair Trade Practices Relating to Organic Soybean Meal from India
By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, Oilseed & Grain Media At the seventh annual Organic & Non-GMO Forum, held in Minneapolis December 1-2, Dan Ujczo, an attorney leading the Organic Soybean Processors of America (OSPA) case at the International Trade Commission (ITC) and the Department of Commerce, spoke to the anti-dumping and counterv
Read moreAn Irrigation Development Project In Zimbabwe—A Case Study: Part I
By Ben Palen, Ag Management Partners LLC The backdrop for this case study is an understanding of the past and present elements of agriculture in many of the countries in sub Saharan Africa. This region offers agricultural opportunities with scale and favorable economics, which have become more difficult to find in other parts of the world.
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