Argentina

Argentina: ¿Unidos contra extranjerización de tierras?
- Agencia Federal de Noticias
- 09 Mar 2010
Oficialismo y oposición presentaron proyectos que comparten una misma preocupación: poner freno a la adquisición de tierras por parte de extranjeros.
South Korean farm trade group aims to set up international grain company
- Yonhap
- 11 February 2010
South Korea's state-run agriculture trading corporation says that it aims to set up an international grain purchasing and distribution company that can invest directly in foreign farms or control stakes in agricultural operations.
Soros-backed venture weighs IPO to fund Brazil mill
- Bloomberg
- 02 February 2010
Billionaire George Soros’s Adecoagro venture, which invests in agriculture and renewable energy in Latin America, is considering an initial public offering to help fund projects in Brazil that include a $700 million sugar mill.
Swiss firm preps agricultural hedge fund
- FIN Alternatives
- 20 January 2010
The Lumix AgroDirect Fund, which has been incubated since June 2008, invests in the production of soft commodities and in commodity trade finance in Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay.
La agrícola El Tejar (Argentina) busca poner un pie en Colombia
- La Nación
- 11 December 2009
Planea comenzar a producir en 2010; interés por la soja y el maíz
Food poor and oil rich: Quelling Qatar's appetite
- Qatar Today
- 06 December 2009
Hassad Food plans to invest all over the world. “Latin America, Asia, you name it,” says Al Hajri, “Where we invest, we make profit. If Qatar is in need of that production, Hassad has the pleasure to sell to Qatar at no special rate.”
BrasilAgro to invest $100 million in Brazil farmland expansion
- Bloomberg
- 12 November 2009
BrazilAgro owns close to 200,000 hectares of farmland in Brazil, said Elsztain. Cresud Sacifya, the biggest farmland owner in Argentina, holds 22.89 percent of BrasilAgro and operates the company.
Argentine rains to boost Cresud, soybean harvests
- Bloomberg
- 09 November 2009
Buenos Aires-based Cresud plans to acquire more land to add to the 484,000 hectares (1.2 million acres) it owns and the 90,410 hectares it leases in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Bolivia
Dreyfus sees commods consolidation, sugar next
- Reuters
- 27 October 2009
Volatility in commodity markets tends to boost consolidation in the agriculture sector as firms require more capital and improved risk management, the executive officer of French giant Louis Dreyfus said Tuesday. One of the company's focus now is on farmland.
Solvent extractors want Govt aid to buy farmland abroad
- Hindu Business Line
- 27 October 2009
The Solvent Extractors’ Association of India, a body of over 800 edible oil producing companies, is looking to buy tracts of agricultural land in South America, Africa and Myanmar.
The new landlords
- Times of India
- 26 September 2009
Ramakrishna Karuturi does not feature on any international power list. Perhaps he should.
CIC to buy Noble stake
- Reuters
- 22 September 2009
China's sovereign wealth fund, China Investment Corp, has bought a 14.5 per cent stake in grain trading and production firm Noble Group for US$850 million.