Argentina’s land laws stifle sustainable agriculture
- Diálogo Chino
- 12 January 2021
Argentina’s land laws have meant increasingly concentrated land ownership and leasing to profit-oriented companies who care little for long-term sustainability.
Argentina’s land laws have meant increasingly concentrated land ownership and leasing to profit-oriented companies who care little for long-term sustainability.
The proposed acquisition of O Telhar by Amaggi encompasses all assets in Brazil, including about 70,000 hectares of farming land, cotton mills, warehouses and machinery
The largest agricultural landholder in Uruguay has acquired the totality of the Uruguayan assets of international agriculture group El Tejar, the second largest agribusiness in the country.
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Los Grobo does not own a single shovel or acre. Instead it leases machinery and land from others. This outsourcing model is now used for nearly 60% of farmland in Argentina.
Uruguay's president said on Wednesday he wanted to raise taxes on the country's biggest landowners -- including Argentine-based agricultural company El Tejar and George Soros's Adecoagro -- to boost the state's share of bumper farming and forestry sector profits
On the rare occasion that New Yorkers talk about farming, it's usually something along the lines of what sort of organic kale to plant in the vanity garden at the second house in the Adirondacks.
El Tejar will plant more than 1 million acres in Mato Grosso this upcoming season and nearly 2.75 million acres across South America, making it the largest farm company in the world.
The government of Brazil is studying the possibility of prohibiting the purchase of land by foreigners. A discussion with the journalist who broke the news, Mauro Zanatto.
Brazilian farm companies are in a race of investments with every major company making new acquisitions and major capital investments.
In Brazil, El Tejar and others are investing in ownership and hope to capture land appreciation. BrasilAgro brags that it sold one farm for a gain of 116 percent in just 17 months.
El Tejar SA, Argentina’s largest agricultural producer, is weighing an initial public offering in New York to tap rising investor demand for farming assets.
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