Op. Ed.: The Conundrum That We Face in Agriculture Today
By Ben Palen, Ag Management Partners One of the memories that will forever be etched in my mind from a 40-year career in agriculture was selling wheat for $1.85 per bushel in the midst of the 1980s farm crisis. Although it was apparent at the time that there was no way for even the most efficient farmer in our area to avoid losing money wi
Read moreWild Bees: An Opportunity for Agriculture and Biodiversity
By Claude Flueckiger, Flueckiger Consulting Throughout my career in the agricultural industry, the impact of agriculturalpractices on bees has been an important consideration. Discussions in theindustry often focus on honey bees (Apis mellifera). However, mounting scientificevidence has shown the importance of wild bees as pollinators safe
Read moreInsight: AgTech & FoodTech Predictions for 2024
By Adam Bergman, Managing Director | CitiClean Energy Transition Group | Global Head of AgTech At the start of 2023, there were hopes that the challenging investment environment experienced throughout 2022 would improve and the financial markets would rebound. However, despite a few positives, like an improved IPO market and the Dow Jones
Read moreOp-Ed: Keeping The Next Generation on The Farm
By Ben Palen, Ag Management Partners Much has been written about the rising average age of farmers. Per the USDA’s periodic Census of Agriculture, the average age increased from 56.3 years to 57.5 years from 2012-2017. In reality, the difference is likely even greater due to the Census’s definition of “farms” as enterprises with ju
Read morePeoples Company National Land Values Report Highlights Farmland’s Long-Term Resilience
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media After three years of record appreciation with the farmland asset class surpassing a total value of $4 trillion, the third annual National Land Values report released by Peoples Company in April 2023 predicted a leveling out of farmland values. As prices and interest rates rapidly rose, there
Read moreAgIS Capital Provides Valuable Insight into Permanent Crop Markets in State of the Harvest Report
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Launched in 2013 by Jeff Conrad, with Carolyn Bailey, and Ken Warlick, AgIS Capital is a Boston-based, employee-owned boutique farmland investment management firm focused on the US permanent cropland sector. Over the past ten years, the firm has established an impressive track record of
Read more15 Minutes With… Scott Reaves, Director of Forest Operations at Domain Timber Advisors
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone and Michelle Pelletier Marshall, Global AgInvesting Media Timberland is rapidly gaining credibility as a prime alternative investment for gaining environmental, social, and governance (ESG) benefits for portfolios. It also offers a distinct level of portfolio diversification that generates low-volatility, risk-adjust
Read moreOp Ed: Great Expectations – Revisiting the Reset in Ag
Contributed by Ben Palen, Ag Management Partners In March of this year, I wrote an article (www.globalaginvesting.com/op-ed-is-a-resetting-underway-in-agriculture), in which I opined that certain conditions were pointing towards adjustments from the highly prosperous conditions of the last three years. Having lived through various agricul
Read more15 Minutes With… Traci Jensen, General Manager at River Point Farms
By Bill Phillips, Web Content Specialist, AgReserves (August 15, 2023)* Traci Jensen is the general manager at River Point Farms, an onion packer and processor that is one of the flagship operations in the Row Crops Division of AgReserves, an agriculture investment company that operates farms and ranches throughout North America as well as
Read more15 Minutes With… Kaitlin Fitzgerald, VP of Sustainability at Sound Agriculture
By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, Women in Agribusiness Media Kaitlin Fitzgerald is vice president of sustainability for Sound Agriculture, a startup on a mission to create crop inputs and traits that lead to more sustainable, healthier, and tastier food. With headquarters in Emeryville, California, the company has 140+ employees across the
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