Lynda Kiernan-Stone

Image credit: Ingham’s By Lynda Kiernan-Stone Ingham’s Group, Australia and New Zealand’s largest integrated poultry producer, is undertaking a significant expansion to its poultry breeding operations by investing approximately AUD50 million (approximately US$35.3 million) in two new poultry breeding production farms to be developed through a partnership with ProTen, Australia’s largest corporate chicken meat producer. […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone Zen-Noh Brasil, a subsidiary of Zen-Noh Global, has agreed to acquire a 30 percent stake in Grupo Cereal, a family-owned agribusiness serving producers across the ag value chain for more than 40 years, and one of the largest agricultural conglomerates in Brazil. Founded as a grain brokerage by Evaristo Lira Barauna in […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone Naturipe Farms (Naturipe), a grower-owned company producing and marketing premium berries and avocados, and Hortifrut, a global leader in the production and commercialization of berries, have agreed to collaborate with Mountain Blue Orchards (MBO), a top Australian blueberry breeding program, to expand one of the world’s most comprehensive berry genetics platforms. “Our […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone Northlight Wine Collective (Northlight), a privately held investment company that acquires and scales premium Canadian wine businesses, announced its acquisition of Meyer Family Vineyards and Mayhem Wines in British Columbia. The transaction includes the operating companies behind both Meyer Family Vineyards and Mayhem Wines, including the vineyards, winery, brands, and related business […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone AgDevCo Ventures, a specialist early stage investment platform within AgDevCo, announced a first close at $49 million. Funding was committed by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) which provided subordinated debt funding of $10 million, and a consortium of senior lenders led by the Isenberg Family Charitable Foundation and including the […]

By Juan Manuel Otegui, Co-Founder of Uruguay Land Invest On the shores of the Río de la Plata, between Brazil and Argentina, lies a country attracting increasing attention from global institutional capital. With 3.5 million inhabitants, 16.1 million hectares suitable for productive use, and an agricultural footprint disproportionate to its size, Uruguay ranks among the […]

Image credit: XPR Media By Lynda Kiernan-Stone Natural capital and agricultural asset management firm Forests VC was launched on August 27, 2026, specializing in agricultural and forestry estates through special-purpose vehicles under a deal-by-deal investment model, as opposed to through a blind pool. Anchoring the platform is its initial acquisition, Finca Raíz de Oro in […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone Seattle-based Vale Matcha (Vale) is undertaking a long-term investment to scale tea agriculture in the Pacific Northwest. The company announced the launch of Vale Farms, a 365-acre property located on Whidbey Island in Washington already planted with 12,000 tea plants sourced from Hawaii, marking the beginning of a strategy to cultivate approximately […]

Image credit: Riparian Capital Partners By Lynda Kiernan-Stone Queensland-based Riparian Capital Partners specializes in equity and credit investments spanning the agricultural value chain including water, farmland, infrastructure, and agribusiness. Working with their investor partners including Australian superannuation funds, international pension funds, investment funds, and high-net-worth individuals, Riparian takes a partnership approach, aligning capital with sector […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone Copenhagen-based soil carbon platform Agreena announced it has secured the largest publicly shared carbon agreement signed to-date in agricultural carbon. Covering 4.5 million tons of CO2e in soil carbon credits over seven years, the agreement represents one of the longest-period commitments made through a soil project, reinforcing regenerative agriculture as a scalable […]