• L'achat de terres agricoles par les étrangers ? Les Etats-Unis connaissent aussi !
    • Commodafrica
    • 10 August 2017

    De 2004 à 2014, le volume de terres agricoles aux Etats-Unis détenues par des étrangers aurait doublé, les acheteurs étant essentiellement des canadiens, des néerlandais et des allemands

  • Goodbye, small farmer? investors could soon own most of american farmland
    • Yes Magazine
    • 08 August 2017

    Today, 30 percent of American farmland is owned by non-operators who lease it out to farmers. Here’s why that’s a problem.

  • ICSID roundup: Hungary
    • Law360
    • 04 August 2017

    British agricultural company Magyar Farming Co. Ltd., along with two Hungarian companies called Kintyre KFT and Inicia ZRT, hit Hungary with an ICSID claim on Aug. 1.

  • Foreign investors are snapping up US farms
    • Mother Jones
    • 04 August 2017

    American farmland is becoming popular with overseas investors—and that’s making people nervous. Italian buyers purchased 102,000 acres, New Zealand bought around 18,000, and Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates went in on more than 15,000 acres.

  • The Rohatyn Group to acquire GMO Renewable Resources
    • Business Wire
    • 04 August 2017

    GMORR manages approximately $2.1 billion in rural real estate assets across eight countries and 600,000 hectares.

  • Harvest returns to launch agriculture investment platform
    • PE Hub Network
    • 03 August 2017

    Texas-based Harvest Returns, a financial tech company, is planning on debuting its agriculture investment platform this month. With this platform, agriculture producers and landowners will be able to raise funding and also maintain control over their business.

  • Stained Trade
    • Global Witness
    • 01 August 2017

    Papua New Guinea (PNG) is home to the largest remaining tropical rainforest in the Asia-Pacific region, and one of the biggest land grabs in modern history. Between 2014 and 2016, Global Witness traced a supply chain spanning some 9,000 miles from the PNG’s forests to retail shelves in the U.S.

  • It’s not just what U.S. farmland is foreign-held, it’s what’s the intentions are
    • AgDaily
    • 28 July 2017

    A new online tool created by the Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting allows individuals to check up on just how much American land is currently owned by foreign entities, and the results might be surprising. Between 2004 and 2014, these databases show foreign investors doubled their American farmland holdings.

  • US farmland overtakes timberland in investor returns
    • Agrimoney
    • 26 July 2017

    Timberland has fallen back behind farmland as a US investment. Returns from farmland jumped to 1.6% from 0.5% in the January-to-March period.

  • Arlon Group Invests in CBL Alimentos SA
    • Arlon Group
    • 19 July 2017

    Company backed by Rabobank and Continental Grain takes minority stake in Brazilian dairy company pursuing farmland acquisitions in Piaui.

  • Summit Agricultural Group launching $60M Summit Ag Fund III
    • Global AgInvesting
    • 12 July 2017

    the Iowa-based company has build up a diverse portfolio of ag operations in the U.S., and has begun to build a significant presence in Brazilian farmland and biofuels

  • Foreign investment in U.S. farmland on the rise
    • Demoines Register
    • 03 July 2017

    The value of the foreign-owned U.S. farmland soared from $17.4 billionto $42.7 billion, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture data. Most of today’s foreign investment in agricultural land began to increase in 2005

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