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Goldman clients are giving Cadre $250 million to pour into commercial real estate
- Tech Crunch
- 10 January 2018
An online real estate platform co-founded by Jared Kushner and financed by Goldman Sachs says it will expand into farmland deals.
Why the University of Illinois is investing in farmland
- Bloomberg
- 04 January 2018
The chief investment officer for the University of Illinois Foundation is aiming to make farmland about 10 percent of the $1.8 billion endowment portfolio she oversees.
How much farmland is owned by foreign interests? It’s hard to know
- WPR
- 20 December 2017
Foreign ownership of farmland has shot up in Wisconsin and across the US but enforcement of the laws that regulate foreign ownership of farmland is lax.
Dominion farms in new round of trouble
- The Standard
- 07 December 2017
Property worth millions of shillings belonging to Dominion farms is set to be auctioned next week.
Olam completes US$110m sale of California orchards to US farmland Reit
- Business Times
- 01 December 2017
Commodities supplier Olam International announced on Dec 1 it has completed the sale of its 5,100 acre (around 2,100 hectares) Edible Nuts orchards to Farmland Partners Inc (FPI) for US$110 million in cash.
Pátria Investimentos invests in Brazilian agriculture (em português)
- LVAC
- 01 December 2017
Pátria investimentos, in which the Blackstone Group owns 40%, has made its first investment in a Brazilian agricultural farm located in Luís Eduardo Magalhães, a municipality in Western Bahia, for an undisclosed amount.
Workers of Dominion farm in Siaya hold silent protests against sacking
- KTN
- 20 November 2017
Now-sacked employees of Dominion Farms in Siaya County held a peaceful demonstration protesting delayed salaries and benefits.
Job fears as Dominion firm stops operations in Kenya
- The Standard
- 17 November 2017
US company Dominion Group could be preparing to leave Kenya after 15 years of running a multi-billion farming project at Yala in Siaya County as its CEO Calvin Burges has written letters to employees telling them of plans to close down the business.
Kenya: Leaders demand audit of Dominion books before Siaya exit
- Business Daily
- 13 November 2017
A Siaya County leader and a community lobby group have demanded a thorough audit of an American-owned rice farm's financials before it is allowed to exit the region.
Investor Survey on Land Rights
- USAID
- 08 November 2017
We invite you to participate in the first biennial Investor Survey on Land Rights. The survey will track investor and operator perceptions and practices related to land tenure and property rights in land-based investments. The survey is being conducted by Indufor North America, managed by the Cloudburst Group, and initiated by USAID. The European Investment Bank is pleased to endorse this initiative.
Dongbu insurance arms to commit $40 mn to farmland/timberland fund
- Korean Investors
- 26 October 2017
South Korea’s Dongbu Group will commit 45 billion won ($40 million) to a timberland and farmland fund managed by Boston-based Hancock Natural Resource Group..
Gambling with nature: A risky investment
- Maryknoll
- 19 October 2017
In the last ten years, pension funds and other large investment funds have invested more and more in agricultural land as a part of their financial portfolios, contributing to increasing human rights violations and environmental destruction.