China

Terra Firma to sell Aus beef stake
- Financial Review
- 21 November 2014
London-based private equity titan Terra Firma is mulling a partial sale of Australia's largest privately owned beef producer, after being approached by several Chinese companies.
Greenland in talks to acquire Australian food and wine companies
- Bloomberg
- 18 November 2014
Chinese state-owned company, Greenland Holding Group, is in talks with Australian agricultural companies on possible takeovers and plans to complete its first deal in six months.
China's New Hope to invest in Australian dairy
- Sydney Morning Herald
- 18 November 2014
Chinese giant New Hope will invest up to $500 million in Australian dairy farms in what could be the first of many deals fuelled by the historic China-Australia free trade agreement.
Changing the face of real estate in Angola
- China Daily
- 18 November 2014
China's CITIC Construction says it has developed two 10,000 hectare farms in Angola and will invest $5 billion in a 500,000 hectare farm next year.
Consórcio estatal chinês vai investir quase 4.000 ME na agricultura angolana
- RTP
- 17 November 2014
Um consórcio estatal chinês vai investir 5.000 milhões de dólares (3.990 milhões de euros) numa herdade de 500.000 hectares em Angola em 2015, para "ajudar a reduzir a dependência alimentar" daquele país, disse hoje o China Daily.
Gina Rinehart plots $500m China baby formula move
- Bloomberg
- 14 November 2014
Mining billionaire Gina Rinehart is teaming up with the China National Machinery Industry Corporation to acquire a 5,000 ha dairy farm in Queensland to supply infant formula to China.
Lack of scale crushing the Ord Irrigation Scheme's sugar dream
- ABC
- 12 November 2014
Pressure is mounting on the Northern Territory Government to make land available for a Chinese company, as it struggles to progress environmental approvals and negotiate with the Indigenous Traditional Owners.
Signs of massive Chinese move Into Russian agriculture
- Russian Insider
- 11 November 2014
“We are looking at seven projects in the farming sector. They involve mostly Chinese and a number of Arab co-investors," says head of Russia’s Direct Investment Fund.
Chinese interest in Australian farms is high but action is slow as China calls for reduced scrutiny from the Foreign Investment Review Board
- ABC
- 28 October 2014
There's no question that after five years of investing about $60 billion in the Australian resources and power sectors, the focus of Chinese investment is now on food.
Interview: Fonterra CEO Theo Spierings
- NBR
- 26 October 2014
Fonterra boss Theo Spierings is "not worried” about sales of NZ productive land to foreigners so long as we are “working together” with foreign owners.
Fiagril negotiates sale of minority stake to Chinatex
- Valor Econômico
- 24 October 2014
Fiagril, a Mato Grosso company operating in the trading and processing of grains, is negotiating the sale of a minority stake to Chinese agribusiness company Chinatex for R$400 million to R$500 million
Foreign investment concerns loom large as Federal Trade Minister Andrew Robb talks up China free trade agreement
- ABC
- 20 October 2014
Some Australian farmers are voicing their concerns about the growing presence of foreign investment in their region.