US

Wall Street investors buying up farmland
- DesMoines Register
- 15 September 2015
Investors have turned to farmland as part of a sweeping push into physical assets — everything from lumber, hotels and apartments to parking meters, bridges and highways.
U.S. property agents cater to Chinese buyers of farmland
- ECNS
- 09 September 2015
In the past four years, farmland agent Minor Taylor has sold more than 50,000 acres of Texas farmland to Chinese buyers.
Private equity plows into new territory with move to agribusiness
- Pensions & Investments
- 07 September 2015
Private equity and venture capital firms are going down to the farm, moving into the agribusiness and agriculture technology sectors in a big way.
Super fund's $150m farm buy
- Farm Weekly
- 21 August 2015
First State Super follows US and Canadian super funds with major investment in Australian almond plantations.
Agriculture investing: growing fields of green
- unquote
- 20 August 2015
A substantial payout could be in store for private equity firms willing to take on the risk and plough capital into the farming business.
Agribusiness on rise in north Uganda region where rebels fought
- Reuters
- 20 August 2015
Investors have poured tens of millions of dollars into a war torn landscape in northern Uganda now dotted with tracts of maize, rice, sunflower, sesame and commercial forests.
Cambodian government takes umbrage at US Congressman’s comments on land grabs
- RFA
- 18 August 2015
Hearing in the US will examine how land grabbing has significantly impacted the lives of Filipinos and Cambodians and the involvement of U.S. officials charged with promoting development in these countries.
TIAA-CREF unveils $3 billion global ag investment vehicle
- Global Ag Investing
- 04 August 2015
New TIAA-CREF fund will invest in “high quality farmland assets” across North America, South America, Australia and parts of Europe with a focus on major grain exporting regions.
Californians, Chinese scooping up farmland in Washington state
- NBC News
- 31 July 2015
Farmers from drought-parched California are finding greener pastures in the Pacific Northwest -- and so are buyers from China.
U.S. NCP final statement on the specific instance between CED and RELUFA and Herakles Farms' affiliate SG Sustainable Oils Cameroon in Cameroon
- US NCP
- 28 July 2015
This Final Statement concludes the Specific Instance submitted on June 13, 2013 by CED and RELUFA with regards to the alleged conduct of Herakles Farms’ affiliate SG Sustainable Oils Cameroon (SGSOC) in Cameroon.
The ‘Brazil of Africa': How development institutions are financing land grabs in the DRC
- Africa is a Country
- 22 July 2015
A Canadian agribusiness company, Feronia — financed by American and European Development Institutions, is involved in land grabbing, corrupt practices and human rights violations in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Aus ag ripe for foreign investment
- The Land
- 16 July 2015
The sliding dollar is sweetening Australia's appeal as an agricultural investment destination ripe for overseas companies and fund managers, particularly from North America and Europe.