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A global commodities trader and carbon player, part-owned by funds giant Brookfield, is quitting a 450,000-hectare Northern Territory cattle station where it hoped to set up an offset scheme, amid confusion and delays over new carbon rules.

Australia-based Costa Group has launched a new blueberry farming project on the Bolaven Plateau in Laos, starting with 17 hectares of crops at Paksong.

Australian agricultural asset manager Warakirri has announced it is targeting a $500m-plus expansion into the dairy farming sector via a new trans-Tasman investment fund.

The Warakirri Diversified Agriculture Fund invests in agricultural assets on behalf of Australian, Canadian and European pension funds, as well as high net-worth individuals and private family offices.

La question de la propriété des terres agricoles par des étrangers suscite des préoccupations en Saskatchewan, à cause de la hausse des prix. Mais les données montrent que la majorité des fermes restent entre les mains de familles canadiennes.

"Whether it is a farmer or an investor, they are now viewing land as an asset class to get rich off of speculation, not the productive capability of that land."

Par un nouveau projet de loi, le gouvernement du Québec vise à protéger les terres agricoles face aux pressions découlant de l’urbanisation du territoire et la spéculation foncière domestique.

Les personnes qui « achètent une terre agricole » et qui n’ont pas pour objectif de faire « de l’exploitation » sont dans la ligne de mire de Québec.

Saskatchewan’s auditor says the Canadian province needs to do a better job tracking and enforcing rules on non-Canadians purchasing farmland

Agriculture & Natural Solutions Acquisition is a Nasdaq-listed SPAQ that recently acquired 200,000 ha of farmland in Australia through a business combination with Australian Food & Agriculture Company Limited.

COAG expone en un informe que el proceso por el que los agricultores pasan de trabajar sus tierras a ser empleados de grandes empresas contribuye a un descenso en el 59% de las explotaciones.

Findings from the Federal Government’s latest annual Foreign Ownership of Agricultural Land Register released last week show the total area of ag land with a level of offshore ownership has fallen just 0.3 percent from 47.7 million hectares to 47.56m ha last year.