Canada

Corporate-backed farming groups from North America and the UK have emerged as key players in the nation’s farmland market in the past year.

Six communities in Maconteh Chiefdom, Port Loko District, including Rogbessh, Faidugu, Rokama, Robat, and Kirima have staged a peaceful protest against agroforestry company Rewinding BKM for failing to pay 2024 land lease fees.

A venture backed by Canada’s PSP Investments has bought out its co-investors in the Kooba aggregation in New South Wales, which has 30,000 hectares of cotton, crops and livestock and 1,400 hectares of almond orchards.

New Agriculture manages the Lawson Grains portfolio on behalf of its investor, Canadian pension fund Alberta Investment Management Corporation, or AIMCo.

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.