Agcapita Farmland Fund II Closing

Calgary, Canada, March 20, 2010 --(PR.com)-- Calgary based agriculture private equity firm Agcapita, enables investors to make direct investments in Canadian farmland without the need to take on any of the complex legal and operational responsibilities of farmland ownership themselves.

Following on the success of its first fund, which raised $18 million of investable capital, Agcapita launched Agcapita Farmland Fund II. Agcapita Farmland Fund II conducted its first closing on February 28th 2010 with a follow-up closing scheduled to take place March 26th 2010.

Agcapita Farmland Fund II is Canada’s only RRSP and TFSA eligible farmland investment vehicle with a minimum investment of $5,000.

Stephen Johnston, partner at Agcapita Partners LP, commented that "We believe that investing in farmland directly and renting it back to farmers is the lower risk way to gain exposure to increasing agricultural commodity prices and improving operating margins of farming businesses. Farmland returns, unlike the operating returns of farms, are not particularly volatile and have over the long term produced consistent real returns.”

Agcapita is a Calgary based agriculture focused private equity firm which manages RRSP and TFSA eligible farmland investment funds and is part of a family of funds focussing on commodity linked, hard asset investments with over $100 million in assets under management. Agcapita’s investment team has over 50 years of private/public markets, investment and finance experience and its field team has over 150 years of direct farming experience.

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