By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Constellation has been realigning for a few years now. In 2018, the group made a surprising announcement that it was investing a further $4 billion in publicly traded Canadian marijuana grower Canopy Growth. In 2019, the group sold approximately 30 wine brands and related facilities located in California, New […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Headquartered in the Central Valley of California, Frutura is a relatively new fruit sales and marketing network founded in 2021 and headed by industry veteran and CEO David Krause, that is rapidly growing to become a global year-round fruit supplier. It began with the acquisition in June 2021 of […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media It was back in September 2021 that Australia’s Aware Super let it be known that it was taking steps to divest its 9,000-plus hectare Lake boga farming portfolio – an aggregation that had been part of a 15-year management partnership with Kilter Rural to regenerate the land and deliver […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Melbourne-based wine giant Treasury Wine Estates (TWE) has expanded its portfolio of assets through the acquisition of the 55-hectare Beemak Vineyard located in the Yarra Valley, from Accolade Wines in a deal valued at just over AUD$7 million (US$4.88 million). Located in the Upper Yarra Valley near TWE’s Hubert […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Chicago-based Entrepreneurial Equity Partners (e2p), a food chain-focused investor in established food and beverage brands, contract food manufacturers, food service, and CPGs, has acquired Roskam Baking Company with intentions to merge it with Organic Milling, one of its existing portfolio companies since December 2021. In May 2021, e2p announced […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Gladstone Land has diversified its portfolio by both crop type and geography through its latest acquisition of 1,317 gross acres of farmland in Washington and Oregon for approximately $37.3 million from Horizon Vineyards, an affiliate of Resource Land Holdings (RLH). In connection with the deal, Gladstone has assumed multiple […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Agriculture is key to Zambia’s people, accounting for nearly half of all employment in the country. However, agriculture, forestry, and fishing account for only 3 percent of the country’s GDP, reflecting the significant potential there is for investment to drive growth for agriculture and its contribution to the country’s […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Tyson Foods and Saudi Arabia’s Tanmiah Food Co.(Tanmiah) have announced a deal that will see the Arkansas-based food giant expand its presence in the Middle East protein space. Tanmiah’s history goes back to 1962. As part of the Al-Dabbagh Holding Group, the company is one of the leading suppliers […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Instar Asset Management, a private equity firm focused on North American middle-market infrastructure and alternative real asset categories, partnered with company management to acquire a majority stake in Canada’s Greenwood Mushrooms from Novocap for an undisclosed amount. Novocap initially invested in the company in May 2016. Over the course […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Superior Pine Products, a multi-generational, family-owned business that owns and operates forestland and agricultural businesses across Georgia, Alabama, and South Carolina, announced it has expanded its footprint, acquiring more than 58,000 acres of high-quality timberland near El Dorado, Arkansas, and Monroe, Louisiana. The property, known as the “Castle Timberland […]
