Lynda Kiernan-Stone

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone New Forests, a Sydney-based global investment manager of nature-based real assets and natural capital strategies, has expanded its U.S. footprint by acquiring 44,200 acres of forestry assets in Washington State from Campbell Global. New Forests is a Certified B Corp. with operations across the U.S., Australia, New Zealand, France, Southeast Asia, and Africa […]

Image credit: LAWD By Lynda Kiernan-Stone Queensland-based Wagyu producer Laird Morgan and his family have reportedly acquired the 22,667-hectare (56,011-acre) Rockybank aggregation from Hancock Agriculture. LAWD was engaged in February of this year to oversee the sale of the asset with expectations of fetching at least A$50 million (US$34.45 million) for the institutional scale grazing […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone Pollen Street Capital has completed a €120 million senior secured facility for InSoil, a platform accelerating the transition to regenerative agriculture across Europe by combining finance, carbon certification, and agronomic expertise. Founded in 2020, the company has developed an integrated approach that emphasizes soil health and carbon sequestration enabling farmers to adopt […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (Ontario Teachers’) has entered into an agreement to acquire the remaining equity interest in Mitolo Family Farms (MFF), a vertically integrated grower, harvester, packer, and marketer of fresh potatoes and onions with one of the largest horticultural land aggregations in Australia. Ontario Teachers’ initially acquired a majority stake […]

Image credit: LAWD By Lynda Kiernan-Stone Nappa Merrie, one of the oldest and largest grazing properties in all of Queensland, has been acquired by Antony Glynn, principal of Glynn Agriculture and Ottley Capital, Moree, and an unnamed New South Wales beef processor who already owns smaller grazing holdings, for A$70 million. The property was listed […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone Deutsche Bank is playing a foundational role in a new private equity fund being launched in Southeast Asia by the Green Climate Fund (GCF). The bank is investing $50 million into the Mekong Earth Regeneration Fund (MERF), an affiliate fund to the GCF that aims to reduce emission by approximately 8 million […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone Livelihoods is a global platform that connects companies, local organizations, and communities to advance climate ambition into tangible actions. Since 2009, the initiative has mobilized private investment and field expertise to co-design and deliver long-term projects that restore natural ecosystems, strengthen resilience, and improve livelihoods. With the backing of 20 committed companies, […]

For 20 years there have been consistent drivers on both the demand side and supply side of the ag value chain. On the demand side, protein, GDP, and the emerging middle class tied economic growth to emerging economies, while per capita protein consumption, demographic shifts, and government engagement wrote the rules by which revenue grew. […]

Rural Funds Group (ASX: RFF) has agreed to sell four cattle properties in Central Queensland and Cobungra, Victoria, along with 2,500 ML of New South Wales river water entitlements. The combined estimated net sale proceeds for the transactions is A$255.6 million (US$177.98 million) reflecting a 22.7 percent premium over book value for the assets. “The […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone Saunders Real Estate is a leading land and commercial real estate brokerage with more than 100 advisors and offices across major Southeastern U.S. markets including Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, and Georgia. The company specializes in large-acreage land transactions, commercial property sales and leasing, and property management spanning agriculture, conservation, recreation, residential development, and […]