Australia

Proterra banks $360m from SA, Vic farms
- Real Estate Source
- 12 December 2021
US-based Proterra Investment Partners has banked over $360 million selling 49 farms to 23 local buyers in Australia.
Rural Funds Management acquires Kaiuroo aggregation from the Rohatyn Group
- GAI
- 07 December 2021
The Rohatyn Group (TRG), a New York-based asset manager with expertise in forestry, agriculture, and emerging markets, announced it had completed the sale of the Kaiuroo aggregation to RFM for an undisclosed sum.
Farmer investment group fights to save family farms as big corporations buy Tasmanian land
- ABC
- 27 November 2021
Increased foreign ownership and corporatisation of agriculture makes farm ownership challenging for young families in Australia
Milltrust Agricultural Investments acquired by Future Planet Capital
- GAI
- 24 November 2021
Milltrust Agricultural Investments, which owns farmlands in Australia and New Zealand, has been acquired by UK-based Future Planet Capital.
Becs Wilson on the impact of rising interest rates on Aussie farmland
- Weekly Times
- 10 November 2021
US private equity firm Proterra Investment Partners, which owns significant farmland assets in Australia, says farmland investing is going strong, both among domestic and foreign investors
ANZ payment to displaced Cambodian families brings landmark human rights case to a close
- IDI
- 03 November 2021
Cambodian families who were forcibly displaced by Phnom Penh Sugar Company have received a promised payment from Australia’s ANZ bank, which financed the sugar company from 2011-2014
Farmland manager Kilter secures $50m mandate from US investor
- IPE RA
- 27 October 2021
A US institutional investor has awarded a US$50m mandate to Australian sustainable farmland manager Kilter Rural to invest in agriculture and water assets.
Australia: The closely watched Van Dairy is now selling core farms
- Farm Online
- 25 October 2021
Van Dairy, formerly Moon Lake Investments and Van Diemens' Land Company before that, has attracted a lot of attention over its foreign ownership and farm operations.
Kempen raises insurer money for sustainable farmland fund
- 12 October 2021
Two Dutch insurance companies have invested in a fund buying farmland in Australia, Denmark, Portugal, New Zealand, and the US.
New Forests, AIMCo to buy Australian farmland from Macquarie
- IPE
- 06 September 2021
New Forests and Alberta Investment Management Corporation have agreed to buy Lawson Grains, which owns a 90,500 hectare agricultural land estate across New South Wales and Western Australia.
Macquarie Agriculture’s Lawson Grains sells to foreigners
- Weekly TImes
- 06 September 2021
Australia’s second-biggest farmland investor has sold its Lawson Grains portfolio comprising 105,000 hectares of crop land in NSW and Western Australia to Sydney-based global forestry investment manager New Forests and Canada’s Alberta Investment Management Corporation.
New overseas buyers of meatworks in WA aim to boost exports
- Farm Weekly
- 30 August 2021
Major Brazilian meatpacker Minerva Foods and part-owner Saudi Arabia's SALIC have bought two sheep-focused meat processors in Western Australia for almost $48 million with plans to expand their operations.