1. Stafford Capital Partners, which invests in timberland through funds of funds, has added global agriculture to its investment strategies, saying it intends to replicate its timberland model.
2. Agribusiness attracted approximately 11 percent of total investment in New Zealand, mostly in dairy and milk processing.
3. Cargill to buy fish feed producer from Bain Capital and Altor.
4. According to Nutrition Capital Network, investors are driving up deal flow in biotech & agtech and food.
5. French grain co-operative Limagrain is using the latest gene selection techniques and advanced computer technology to speed up the development of wheat and maize varieties with characteristics that provide benefits to both cereal farmers and manufacturers that use the flour milled from them.
6. At least five premium chocolate makers(Mondelez International, Chocolat Stella, Zotter, Nestle, Campco) are looking to build up India’s cocoa sector to produce single origin Indian chocolate.
7. The Norwegian national investment fund has cut ties with four major Asian companies, citing the risk of ‘severe environmental damage’ as a result of palm oil plantations.
8. Global grain giant Cargill is seeking to cash in on growing demand for seafood with its £0.95bn (€ 1.35bn) acquisition of leading fish feed supplier Norwegian firm EWOS.
9. A recent FDA warning letter reminds food and beverage manufacturers that whole stevia leaf is not generally recognized as safe for conventional foods, even though many extracts of the plant are.
10. Tyson Foods has closed a plant in Iowa with the loss of 400 jobs because there is too much beef production capacity in the region.
11. A study of the price irrigators are willing to pay in the world’s most established water market could help establish new markets across the globe.
12. Antioxidant- and fiber-rich baobab is on the verge of stealing the crown from acai, goji berries and pomegranate as the “queen of superfruits.
2. Agribusiness attracted approximately 11 percent of total investment in New Zealand, mostly in dairy and milk processing.
3. Cargill to buy fish feed producer from Bain Capital and Altor.
4. According to Nutrition Capital Network, investors are driving up deal flow in biotech & agtech and food.
5. French grain co-operative Limagrain is using the latest gene selection techniques and advanced computer technology to speed up the development of wheat and maize varieties with characteristics that provide benefits to both cereal farmers and manufacturers that use the flour milled from them.
6. At least five premium chocolate makers(Mondelez International, Chocolat Stella, Zotter, Nestle, Campco) are looking to build up India’s cocoa sector to produce single origin Indian chocolate.
7. The Norwegian national investment fund has cut ties with four major Asian companies, citing the risk of ‘severe environmental damage’ as a result of palm oil plantations.
8. Global grain giant Cargill is seeking to cash in on growing demand for seafood with its £0.95bn (€ 1.35bn) acquisition of leading fish feed supplier Norwegian firm EWOS.
9. A recent FDA warning letter reminds food and beverage manufacturers that whole stevia leaf is not generally recognized as safe for conventional foods, even though many extracts of the plant are.
10. Tyson Foods has closed a plant in Iowa with the loss of 400 jobs because there is too much beef production capacity in the region.
11. A study of the price irrigators are willing to pay in the world’s most established water market could help establish new markets across the globe.
12. Antioxidant- and fiber-rich baobab is on the verge of stealing the crown from acai, goji berries and pomegranate as the “queen of superfruits.
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