Uruguay

Galtere, a New York fund manager, said it was raising $1 billion to invest in production facilities for agricultural commodities -- including arable farmlands in countries such as Australia, Brazil and Uruguay -- that it planned to later sell or list publicly.

Olam International raised its offer for NZ Farming Systems Uruguay to 70 cents from 55 cents a day after the target company disclosed a third bidder is looking at the dairy farm develope

With the surge of corporate farms in Argentina and Brazil over the past two to three years, I thought it would be useful to compile a list of the biggest groups with a short description of each.

If the offer is successful, Singapore's Olam will either hold 100 per cent or between 50.1 per cent and 90 per cent of NZ Farming Systems Uruguay

El gobierno insistirá ante el Parlamento en que se apruebe la ley que prohíbe la compra de tierras por parte de extranjeros en la frontera.

El Ejecutivo insistirá ante el Parlamento uruguayo para que se apruebe la ley que prohíbe la compra de tierras en la frontera a extranjeros, mientras que el gobierno de Lula prepara un proyecto similar pero para todo su territorio.

Le gouvernement du Brésil est en train d’étudier la possibilité d’interdire aux étrangers d’acheter de la terre brésilienne. Un échange avec le journaliste qui a dévoilé l'histoire.

The government of Brazil is studying the possibility of prohibiting the purchase of land by foreigners. A discussion with the journalist who broke the news, Mauro Zanatto.

Sólo en Mato Grosso, grupos argentinos como Los Grobo o El Tejar tienen más de 1 millón de hectáreas.

“We are going to prepare a PEC [Proposal for a Constitutional Amendment] to make it clear to investors that they can invest in any sector except land”, Guilherme Cassel, Brazil's Minister for Agrarian Development says

"Vamos fazer uma PEC [Proposta de Emenda Constitucional] para deixar claro aos investidores que podem investir em qualquer campo, mas não em terras", informou o ministro do Desenvolvimento Agrário, Guilherme Cassel.

Hassad Food Company intends to invest $500mn to $700mn this year for projects across the world as part of its mission to ensure food security for Qatar, chairman and managing director Nasser bin Mohamed Mubarak al-Fuhaid al-Hajri has said.