Australia

Food profits to rise: Macquarie
- Financial Standard
- 19 May 2011
Macquarie Agricultural Funds Management owns 31,500sq km of Australian grazing land on which it runs cattle and sheep.
Australia may be poised to draw Mideast investment
- Wall Street Journal
- 15 May 2011
According to Michael Yabsley of the Australian Gulf Council, agricultural land is among the top asset classes in Australia being considered by Gulf investors who have placed food security at the top of their priorities.
Glencore reveals secrets of success in agriculture
- Agrimoney
- 05 May 2011
Glencore has an 8.7% share of the "addressable" global grain trade and farming operations covering 270,000ha in Argentina, Australia, Kazakhstan, Russia and the Ukraine.
Galtere targets $1 Billion in Brazil rice, Australia beef assets
- Bloomberg
- 04 May 2011
“We are looking at rice farmlands as it is the main food crop,” said Renatto Barbieri, Galtere's portfolio manager. “Have you heard of anyone dying because of not eating sugar or corn or soybeans?”
Land grabs fuel food, gas fears
- Canberra Times
- 30 April 2011
Rural MPs, especially those from NSW and Queensland, have been fielding increasing complaints from constituents in recent months about the level of foreign ownership of Australian farms and agricultural businesses.
UAE in talks to invest in Australian farmland
- Arabian Business
- 24 April 2011
The UAE plans to hold further talks with officials from Australia with a view to invest in farmland as part of its plan to tackle food security.
Chinese move on Tully
- The Cairns Post
- 20 April 2011
China's Cofco Corporation has acquired an equity stake in Australian sugar producer Tully Sugar and is said to be pursuing a take-over.
Tighter rules sought on land purchases
- AAP
- 12 April 2011
Australia is "asleep at the wheel" when it comes to foreign companies buying important agricultural land and greater scrutiny is needed, farmers say.
Cane growers fear potential Wilmar deal
- North Queensland Register
- 03 April 2011
Wilmar's take-over of Sucrogen gave the company a significant amount of cane land that it increased with the purchase of additional farms to guarantee cane supply, outbidding local farmers for land.
World hungers for more food
- Sydney Morning Herald
- 03 April 2011
Prime minister's adviser on science and innovation wants Australian companies to consider buying land in Mozambique to counterbalance foreign purchases of farming land in Australia and shore up Australia's food supply.
Foreign investment action
- The Land
- 01 April 2011
The Australian Parliament has moved to quell some of the anxieties surrounding a perceived foreign buy-up of local land, last week passing a motion regarding foreign ownership of agricultural land and agribusiness.
Fresh scrutiny for land grab
- Weekly Times
- 31 Mar 2011
Foreign ownership of Australian land and agribusiness will soon be monitored.