Australia

Foreign rush for farms
- Stock & Land
- 21 June 2010
A rush of foreign investment interest in Australian farmland is stirring new concerns about just how much overseas ownership of local agricultural resources is too much.
Chinese Government buying up our farms, says Senator Bill Heffernan
- Daily Telegraph
- 17 June 2010
The Chinese Government is buying Australian farms to directly feed its population, a senior Liberal said on the eve of a visit by a top Bejing official.
Senators question rules on farm sales to foreigners
- ABC
- 08 June 2010
Questions have been raised at a Senate inquiry in Canberra about whether foreign investment rules go far enough to keep Australian agriculture sustainable.
Hassad Food plans to invest $700mn in global projects
- Gulf Times
- 01 June 2010
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.
Fears of farmland buy-out
- Big Pond News
- 29 May 2010
There are growing concerns that a legislative loophole could allow vast tracks of Australia's farmland to be sold to the Chinese Government.
Gulf farmland search switches to richer countries
- Reuters
- 28 May 2010
"As more investors look into the opportunities that developed nations present there will be no need to go underground or be ashamed of these deals," said Hakan Agro's Tomar.
Donors open the door for land grab in PNG
- GRAIN
- 13 May 2010
Foreign donors are promoting land registration in Papua New Guinea to facilitate a farmland grab, under the guise of agricultural development.
Macquarie Agricultural Fund to own Brazil Soybean, grain farm
- Bloomberg
- 06 May 2010
Macquarie Group Ltd. plans to own and run 500,000 acres of soybean and grain farms in Brazil over the next three years
Senator seeks investment from Qatar in Australia
- Gulf Times
- 29 April 2010
Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund agricultural company launched Hassad Australia last year, aimed at ensuring that livestock and grain needs for Qatar, from Australian farmland, are met.
Saudi looks to Australia for secure food supply
- The National
- 28 April 2010
Companies from the kingdom are meeting with representatives of the state of Western Australia to discuss buying equity in farms and investing in the wheat supply chain.
First State lnvestments launches Agribusiness Fund
- Professional Adviser
- 26 April 2010
The fund aims to deliver long-term returns by investing in agribusiness companies (those involved in the production, processing, distribution and marketing of agricultural products).
China in Oz-farm move
- Weekly Times
- 23 April 2010
China may set up large pork and chicken operations in Australia as it strives to keep up a burgeoning demand for meat among Chinese consumers.