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Foreign investors held registered interests in 50.262 million hectares of Australian agricultural land at 30 June 2025, according to new data tabled in Federal Parliament.

The Company has mapped an initial area of 5,000 ha and the tree planting project could be expanded to at least 25,000 ha in total size.

FCC has convened a coalition of more than 20 investment organizations, including venture capital, private equity and Royal Bank of Canada. It will connect these investors to opportunities in land acquisition, manufacturing and new ag-tech startups, among other projects.

What started as a modest 10-hectare pilot farm in 2020 has now scaled to over 220 hectares under cultivation, with 500 hectares in total under ownership or lease.

Citrosuco has announced that Canada's Public Sector Pension Investment Board will join its shareholder group, as it pursues an orchard expansion programme focused on areas near São Paulo's citrus belt.

Depuis décembre 2024, la Loi sur la protection du territoire et des activités agricoles au Québec interdit l’acquisition d’une terre agricole de 4 ha ou plus située en zone agricole par un fonds d’investissement

Mirova adds Coca-Cola and the foreign affairs ministries of the UK and Canada as investors in its fund targeted at "low-carbon" agricultural and forestry projects

The Saskatchewan Government has made regulatory amendments to ensure Saskatchewan farm land is not owned by foreigners or corporations, and has removed an exemption that allowed the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board to own land.

La CEFC (Australie) et La Caisse (Québec) ont lancé une plateforme agricole diversifiée à grande échelle pour générer des crédits carbone de haute qualité, pour laquelle Rio Tinto sera l’acheteur principal.

La Caisse has invested $200 million alongside a $50 million commitment from the CEFC to create the Meldora platform (Meldora), managed by Australian agriculture and natural capital asset manager, Gunn Agri Partners (GAP). Meldora has purchased its first asset, a broadacre and irrigation farm of more than 15,000 hectares in Central Queensland.

BTG Pactual Timberland Investment Group e British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (BCI), um dos maiores investidores institucionais do Canadá investem R$ 1,2 bilhão em projeto da Klabin de gestão de ativos florestais que abrange 23 mil ha de florestas plantadas e 4 mil ha de terras produtivas em São Paulo, Paraná e Santa Catarina.

This new offering brings direct access to real assets, including real estate, farmland, infrastructure and timber, to defined contribution plans through multi-asset class investment portfolios.