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Producers expect land value stabilization

Hertz Real Estate Services president Douglas Hensley tells Agri Investor that a strong harvest and recent farmland market resilience have helped buoy sentiment among producers, echoing the findings of the latest Ag Economy Barometer from Purdue University and CME Group.

Nuts about Brazil: Why Japan’s trading houses are going big in South America

The rush of Japanese traders securing grain origination in the emerging market giant offers lessons and opportunities for the broader investor community. Roberto Vitón, managing director at Valoral Advisors, takes a deep dive into their strategies and track records.

A MAD end of year perspective

Pravin Chandrasekaran, managing director at OpalCrest, the global data science firm focused on the agribusiness value chain, gives his views on developments in 2014 and some predictions for 2015.

KKR India: Flexible capital helped make dairy deal

KKR India director of capital markets Tashwinder Singh tells Agri Investor how his firm used local financing pools, including its non-banking financial company KKR India Financial Services, to invest in a structured deal in value-added dairy company Kwality.

Investing in drones for the future, developed in the field

Mike Ritter, chief executive at private equity-backed US agri-drone sensor and analytics developer SlantRange, explains why investors should focus on drone technology specifically created for the sector.

Legal analysis: Investing in cannabis from the UK

Christopher S Harrison unpicks the myriad laws and regulations that impact British investments into overseas cannabis businesses, and sets out why investors are in a legal grey area when they engage in this burgeoning global market.

LPs: How to make a start in agri

Venturing into new asset classes can be daunting for the wisest investor, but a global and diversified model can help reduce the risk, writes Peter Roney, CIO of Aqueduct Investment Partners.

UK farmland: Here’s why prices will become polarized

Subsidies, tax advantages and demand from lifestyle buyers combined over the last decade to more than double UK farmland prices – post-Brexit demand will be all about farmland quality, predicts Matthew Berryman
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Refinitiv port and trade flow data reveals mixed covid-19 impact

Refinitiv director of agricultural research Daniel Redo says congestion on China's ports is finally starting to ease but covid-19 has compounded global soybean exports woes.

Opportunity in India

Credit Suisse Private Fund Group director Connor O’Keeffe and associate Henry Watson explore the trends surrounding Indian agribusiness, in this extract from our new book on investing in agriculture.
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