Australia

New Hope targets Moxey dairy
- Financial Review
- 12 February 2015
China's largest privately owned agribusiness company and the Perich family from Sydney are looking to buy a $100 million dairy in western New South Wales.
Foreign farm buys above $15m will need FIRB approval
- The Australian
- 11 February 2015
Australia's new threshold on foreign investment in agriculture would be cumulative, so someone with a $14m investment would have to seek approval before trying to purchase an additional $1m property.
How much of Australia’s farmland is owned by foreign companies?
- Guardian
- 11 February 2015
The Coalition has increased scrutiny of foreign purchases of rural land, but how much is currently owned overseas and are the concerns valid?
Study finds Western Australian grain growers overwhelmingly support foreign investment
- ABC
- 09 February 2015
New research reveals grain growers in Western Australia are overwhelmingly supportive of foreign investment.
Foreign investment and thirst for capital drives growth in 'sale and leaseback' property deals
- ABC
- 04 February 2015
A new type of property deal is entering the agribusiness space as investor interest in the sector grows, according to property group Colliers International.
Beware fake land investments in Australia
- Every Investor
- 22 January 2015
NeglectAssist is warning private investors to watch out for exotic Australian land investments promising both security and high returns.
San Diego County unveils 2015 alternatives commitment pacing targets
- P&I
- 16 January 2015
San Diego County Employees Retirement Association plans to commit $275 million to $400 million to real assets including agriculture, mining, energy and timber in 2015.
China’s appetite for Ord food bowl investment an acquired taste
- The Australian
- 10 January 2015
China’s biggest potential investment in Australian agriculture, a $1 billion high-risk foray in the fabled Ord River irrigation scheme.
Goodfellow takes on China role
- The Land
- 22 December 2014
Agribusiness executive David Goodfellow is heading up a project for Zhejiang RIFA Holding Group to build an Australian livestock property portfolio of similar scale to Macquarie Bank's big Paraway Pastoral business.
Macquarie plays ACE dairy card
- Financial Review
- 15 December 2014
ACE Farming, backed by institutional investors, has stayed out of the limelight, quietly building up its portfolio of 18 dairy farms across Victoria.
Register to track foreign companies buying Australian farmland to be delayed
- ABC
- 12 December 2014
The Nationals, and some regional Liberals, claim that without the register, Australia's food security and sovereignty could be jeopardised.
Colonizing - and selling - the Ord: an Australian tale with a message
- PLECserv
- 10 December 2014
So much for the Ord as a ‘food bowl’. So much too for a new partnership with indigenous people. As in transactions with land-grabbers in poorer lands, the valued partnership now is with big money.