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A December survey of U.S. farmers by Purdue University and CME Group shows signs of optimism on the agriculture outlook heading into 2021.

Agriculture barometer shows lift in U.S. farmer sentiment heading into 2021

“All farmers are optimists” is the truism attributed to humorist Will Rogers. But Purdue University’s Center for Commercial Agriculture and the global exchange operator CME…

Investable UniverseJanuary 5, 2021

The Canada Infrastructure Bank announced an ambitious irrigation infrastructure project in Alberta, part of a $10 billion infrastructure-driven Growth Plan aimed at job creation and economic growth in areas like renewable energy, agriculture and universal broadband access.

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Canada: #InfrastructureGoals

On Monday, the Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB), which invests (and seeks to attract private investment) in complex, innovative, revenue-generating infrastructure in the public interest and on behalf…

Investable UniverseDecember 21, 2020

UbiQD, which develops quantum dots for light control to enhance crop yields in vertical farms, has raised a Series A funding round led by Scout Ventures and Keiretsu Forum.

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VC’s swarm this agtech firm that plans to make quantum dots…ubiquitous

On Wednesday, Los Alamos startup UbiQD (Ubiquitous Quantum Dots), a leading developer of the advanced material known as quantum dots for light control in agriculture…

Investable UniverseDecember 9, 2020

Dominion and Smithfield’s Align Renewable Natural Gas venture is the largest of its kind in the United States. Jointly, the companies are investing $500 million over the next 10 years to develop RNG projects nationwide.

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Dominion Energy, Smithfield Foods hit milestone in “farm-to-energy” biogas venture

On Wednesday, Dominion Energy and Smithfield Foods, the world’s largest pork producer, have announced the completion of the first renewable natural gas (RNG) production project…

Investable UniverseDecember 9, 2020

Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA), a division of Macquarie Group and one of the world’s largest alternative asset managers, announced that one of its agricultural funds will seek to acquire Australian listed farmland REIT Vitalharvest.

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Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets makes all-cash bid for Aussie farmland REIT

On Monday, Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA), a division of Macquarie Group and one of the world’s largest alternative asset managers, announced that one…

Investable UniverseNovember 9, 2020

According to figures from the FCC, broadband is unavailable to roughly 25 million Americans, more than 19 million of whom are in rural America. Closing this gap could take $100 billion of investment.

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Rural America Needs A 5G Plan

On Thursday, FirstLight, a U.S. provider of fiberoptic data, Internet, data center, cloud and voice services to customers in the U.S. Northeast and Mid-Atlantic, announced…

Investable UniverseNovember 5, 2020

$FarmTogether gives accredited investors direct access to fractional ownership in U.S. farmland, a $2.5 trillion asset class that has been traditionally owned by actual farmers or very large institutional investors, such as pension funds.$ Alternative Assets Commodities ESG Innovations Land/Agriculture North America Pension funds Venture capital

FarmTogether: New platform offers fractional investing in world’s oldest asset class

It’s not FarmVille—it’s better! Crop farming meets crowdfunding on FarmTogether, a new online investment platform that is backed by Franklin Templeton Legg Mason, the global…

Investable UniverseNovember 5, 2020

West Coast vertical produce farming startup Plenty Unlimited announced that it has secured $140 million in Series D funding. Existing investor SoftBank’s Vision Fund led the latest round, along with new investor Driscoll’s, the “big berry” behemoth that controls about one-third of the $6 billion U.S. berry market.

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Plenty of VC money to go around this week in agriculture startups

On Wednesday, West Coast agtech and vertical farming startup Plenty Unlimited announced that it has secured $140 million in Series D funding. Existing investor SoftBank’s Vision…

Investable UniverseOctober 16, 2020

New fund manager Solum Partners—launched by former executives from Harvard Management Company, which manages the Ivy League school’s $40 billion-plus endowment— will invest in global agriculture and food opportunities.

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Ivy Endowment Veterans Plant Stake in Agriculture Real Assets Fund

On Thursday, a new investment management firm focused on the real assets of agriculture and food production announced its existence. Newly anointed fund manager Solum…

Investable UniverseOctober 9, 2020

UBS Asset Management has been a major institutional investor in U.S. farmland, an asset class that has historically delivered solid returns with low income volatility, and little correlation to traditional assets like stocks and bonds.

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Reaping the returns of U.S. farmland with UBS Asset Management

With the approach of the fall corn and soybean harvest, it bears remembering that cash crops aren’t the only yields of U.S. soil. The farmland…

Investable UniverseSeptember 25, 2020