Harvard University, the US pension fund manager TIAA/Nuveen and Japan's Mitsui are among the foreign companies buying up Brazilian farmlands that are responsible for over 420,000 ha of deforestation in the Cerrado since 2000.

En el ciclo 2016/2017, MSU y Cresud, dos de los principales grupos de producción, se quedaron con más del 45% de las hectáreas disponibles

A través de Brasilagro, que controla con Cresud en el mercado del país vecino, se quedó con una propiedad agrícola apta para caña de azúcar y diversos granos.

Ruane, Cunniff and Goldfarb has bought a 5.1% stake in BrasilAgro, which has a total landbank of more than 250,000 hectares - an area about the size of Luxembourg - in Brazil and Paraguay.

Muitos fundos de investimentos multimercados entraram no negócio de terras. George Soros, por exemplo, conta com 270 mil hectares.

Tras la reciente compra de tierras en Paraguay, apunta a Colombia. Por las trabas en Argentina para enviar dólares al exterior lo hará a través de BrasilAgro, una de las firmas que controla

BrasilAgro flagged the buoyancy of Brazil's farmland market by selling off part of its holding for the equivalent of $6,000 an acre – more than four times the price it paid six years ago.

Radiografía de uno de los grupos económicos más poderosos, poseedor de cientos de miles de hectáreas en el país y la región, y dueño del imperio inmobiliario más grande de la Argentina. Sus propiedades, historia y vínculos con el poder.

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway has initiated a position in Archer Daniels Midland when it is anticipated that companies like ADM and Bunge will seek out targeted acquisitions of global farmland in order to both expand and diversify operations

A slide show by GRAIN that profiles some of those who have been most actively pursuing or supporting farmland grabs around the world.

BrasilAgro highlighted the gains to be made from Brazilian farmland by selling a second farm from its 170,000-hectare portfolio for a large gain.

BrasilAgro, which amassed some 170,000 hectares of land in less than four years, has turned seller, disposing of the first property which it bought for a price 10% higher than the start of the year.