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Irrico, the Russia-based agricultural investment company, revealed it is on the verge of doubling its land portfolio as it unveiled it had attracted a third investor, emerging markets private equity group Hong Kong-based ADM Capital.

It has been reported that the state-owned China Investment Corporation and New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra are negotiating to buy Tasmanian dairy farm Van Diemen's Land under a proposed $200 million deal.

Huishan Dairy has received commitments worth $220 million from three cornerstone investors -Norway's Norges Bank, Yili Group and Cofco Agricultural Industry Management - to expand its herd of cows.

Smithfield Foods won national security clearance on Friday for its proposed $4.7 billion sale to a Chinese meat processor, overcoming one of the biggest obstacles to a takeover.

Two Chinese-Canadian entrepreneurs that have been investing in farmland in Manitoba say they will establish an agricultural fund for Chinese investors who want to own a piece of Canada’s agriculture industry.

The High Court in Auckland has formalised a wide-ranging asset freeze against the unsuccessful bidders for the Crafar farms, Jack Chen and May Wang.

La compañía china Wanbao ha alquilado al Gobierno de Maputo la tierra que cultivaban Marta y Jossía Xavier Aldekoa, campesinos en Mozambique

Today foreigners hold less than 2% of all agricultural land in the US. However, this share is growing as more foreign pension funds and others look to cash in on a boom in farmland values and commodity prices.

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Kevin Rudd has committed to double the amount of land for farming in northern Australia and simplify investment rules for foreign investors, to take advantage of the boom in Asian demand for produce

Because of difficulty in securing commercial-scale agricultural lands in the Philippines, hybrid rice producer SL Agritech Corp. said that it may shift its planned joint venture with the Manny Pangilinan-led First Pacific Co. Ltd. to Indonesia.

Al Gobierno chino y sus empresas les urge controlar un grueso de la industria de alimentos del planeta para satisfacer la demanda interna ante su acelerado crecimiento demográfico.