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AcreTrader, a farmland investment platform, announces the launch of the Proterra AcreTrader Farmland Fund LP, an open-ended investment vehicle focusing on investment-grade farmland assets in key US agricultural regions.

The Kempen SDG Farmland Fund has expanded its Pacific Northwest presence through the acquisition of two blueberry operations: the Pan American farm in Oregon and the Othello farm in Washington state.

Homestead, a company that focuses on investing and operating farmland in the US, and global investment manager Barings announced their shared closing on a $300 million asset-based finance program that will expand Homestead’s loan origination in key production regions

Land grabbing has grown bigger, more widespread, and more sophisticated. It is now global, and instead of being led by local or national elites, some of the biggest financial companies in the world like pension and retirement funds are moving to acquire global farmland as a new financial asset class.

La longue séquence de tensions entre la société Plantations et Huileries du Congo (PHC) et les communautés vivant autour de ses sites d’exploitation semble entrer dans une phase décisive.

La société agro-industrielle Plantations et Huileries du Congo (PHC) a annoncé la fin de la médiation entamée en 2018 avec les communautés voisines de ses sites d’exploitation, notamment de Lokutu, Boteka et Yaligimba

The Farm, Food and National Security Act of 2026 grants the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States special investigatory powers to examine farmland owned or purchased by foreign entities

40 South Dairies, a dairy farming joint venture owned in part by the Washington State Investment Board, has emerged as the buyer of the Peltzer family's prized 2683 hectares Logan estate.

As 401(k) plan sponsors look to improve diversification and long-term outcomes, real assets such as timber and farmland are moving closer to the center of the conversation, alongside private markets like real estate and private credit.

Qu’elles soient Danone (France), Senegindia (Inde), Ovidi Tender (Roumanie), China Agricultural Development (Chine), India Agri Ventures (Inde), Senegal Agricorp (États‐ Unis) ou Franck Timis (Roumanie), ces entreprises étrangères ont été largement servies. Une proposition de loi de Tahirou Sarr exige entre autres la révocation de ces titres fonciers en titres révocables et précaires ouvrant la voie à une renationalisation.

A Michigan pension fund wanted to grow the second-largest coffee farm in Hawaii. What happened there demonstrates the perils of investing public workers’ savings in private markets.

Led by Terraformation, Green Lions is launching on an initial area of 8,289 hectares located within the communal forests of Ndélélé and Bétaré-Oya where it will combine native forest restoration and cocoa-based agroforestry.