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After Anglo-Australian miner BHP Billiton made an eventually unsuccessful US$38.6 billion offer for agriculture-focused Potash Corp., deal makers began adding food options to their menus.
In Asia, the result has been a rich diet of food company deals, with more expected—and raising a question about whether investors might eventually end up with indigestion.
Higher prices in both raw and processed soft commodities—caused by growing Asian demand, erratic weather, and a global push toward biofuels—has led to a spate of food-focused merger deals and initial public offerings. Food quality concerns in China and fears of radioactive exposure in products in Japan...
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Source: Wall Street Journal