Canada

Farmland investing: the quiet land grab is just beginning
- The Market Oracle
- 12 June 2009
An investor analysis of the case for buying up farmland
Sowing the seeds of regret?
- Globe and Mail
- 08 April 2009
Increasingly, the land deals are coming under the scrutiny of the UN and watchdog groups such as Grain, the International Land Coalition and the IFPRI. That's because it is not obvious that they are win-win situations.
Sprott still goes with the grain
- Jaime Strugeon, Financial Post
- 27 Mar 2009
Eric Sprott's hunger for commodities may have wavered since last year's price collapse took a hefty strip off revenues at Sprott Inc., his money-management business. However, the legendary hedge-fund manager is still placing bets on at least one commodity: grain.
Corporations move into grain farming
- The Star Phoenix
- 10 Mar 2009
There are now a few examples in Canada of outside corporations buying and/or leasing land and farming it themselves. In fact, a huge corporate farming entity is being planned for First Nations land in the three Prairie provinces.
The farms race
- Globe and Mail
- 30 January 2009
Wealthy countries short of fertile land are gazing hungrily at Canada's prairies
Get Rich Slow
- Daily Reckoning
- 21 January 2009
Promotional piece for investing in farmland
Agricultural funds up 9.5% in 2008
- Ag Capita
- 20 January 2009
According to Barclay Hedge, agricultural funds were up 9.5% in 2008, while the S&P 500 index lost 36%.
Food security still an issue - Will there be an OPEC for food?
- Ag Capita
- 19 November 2008
Agcapita allows investors to gain direct exposure to a key part of the agriculture commodity bull market story - Canadian farmland.
Angola launches $6bn agriculture expansion
- Financial Times
- 04 October 2008
Angola, one of the world's fastest-growing economies, has launched an ambitious plan to exploit both its fertile soils and high global food prices to attract $6bn (€4.3bn, £3.4bn) in agriculture investments over the next five years.
Govt, India Inc plan to farm land abroad
- Economic Times
- 03 September 2008
Contributing their bit to the global Indian takeover, the government and India Inc plan to buy sizeable land abroad for cultivation. Seen as a long-term answer to keep prices of farm products under control, the grand plan envisages acquisition of large tracts of land in neighbouring countries like Myanmar and far off places like Paraguay.
Fields of gold
- TheStar.com
- 09 August 2008
Big Money from Wall St. to the Middle East are on the hunt for farmland. Canada, especially Ontario, stands to profit but will the costs be too great?
Agricultural investment
- Real Investments Television
- 06 June 2008
Agacpita President Steven Johnston explains the philosophy of investing in farmland