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Macquarie Asset Management takes majority share in Australia's Fresh Produce Group
- Fruitnet
- 03 December 2024
FPG owns and operates approximately 1,200ha of premium farmland across Australia where it grows table grapes, citrus, and berries.
Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund buys shares of Agriculture & Natural Solutions Acquisition Co.
- MarketBeat
- 30 November 2024
Agriculture & Natural Solutions Acquisition is a Nasdaq-listed SPAQ that recently acquired 200,000 ha of farmland in Australia through a business combination with Australian Food & Agriculture Company Limited.
China and the UK lead in Australian ag land foreign ownership
- Sheep Central
- 25 November 2024
Findings from the Federal Government’s latest annual Foreign Ownership of Agricultural Land Register released last week show the total area of ag land with a level of offshore ownership has fallen just 0.3 percent from 47.7 million hectares to 47.56m ha last year.
Corporates drive broiler investment moves
- Grain Central
- 04 November 2024
Institutional investors are driving movement in Australia's poultry farm property market, underscoring sustained demand for agricultural assets that offer steady, passive income.
Swedish pension fund to sell three Victorian dairy farms
- The Weekly Times
- 04 November 2024
A trio of dairy farms spanning a combined 570 hectares in the state’s north have been listed for sale after more than a decade in the hands of Swedish owners.
Canadians put Queensland farms on the market for more than $65 million
- The Weekly Times
- 31 October 2024
In a rare move, Australia’s largest agricultural landholder by value, the mammoth Canadian pension fund PSP, has listed a significant cropping aggregation in southern Queensland for sale.
Massive Riverina farm sold to Aussie investors
- Weekly Times
- 07 October 2024
Australian agricultural investor and developer GO. FARM, with the help of Qantas Super backing, has acquired the 2666ha Dellapool Aggregation, formerly owned by Ferrero, the global manufacturer of famous brands such as Nutella, Ferrero Rocher and Kinder Surprise.
Impact ag SPAC set to take new company and regenerative agriculture to the NYSE
- RFSI Forum
- 04 September 2024
Agriculture & Natural Solutions Acquisition Corporation announced agreement for a business combination with the iconic Australian Food & Agriculture Company Limited, one of the largest diversified agricultural portfolios in New South Wales
Australian Food & Agriculture sells vast NSW portfolio in $780m deal
- Beef Central
- 02 September 2024
Privately-owned Australian Food & Agriculture Company has sold its 13 New South Wales farms spanning 225,405 ha to NASDAQ-listed Agriculture & Natural Solutions Acquisition Corporation for $780 million.
Swedish pension fund looking to offload $50m of WA farms
- AFR
- 25 August 2024
Swedish pension fund Forsta AP-fonden is downsizing its Australian farmland holdings after listing about $50 million of cropping properties in Western Australia’s Great Southern region.
Canadian purchase of Kimberley Meat Co assets gets green light, in $55m deal
- Beef Central
- 19 August 2024
Canadian super fund manager Alberta Investment Management Corp has completed contracts for its purchase of the Kimberley Meat Co beef processing facility in Western Australia’s Kimberley region that includes pastoral leases covering 475,000 ha.
Rio Tinto, BHP, Qantas invest $53 million in new nature-based carbon credit fund
- ESG Today
- 12 August 2024
Silva Capital invests in agricultural land to develop large-scale carbon sequestration projects by reforesting cleared areas, while ensuring the land remains productive for farming.