Sale and leaseback agreements were almost unheard of in agriculture five years ago, but a few major deals recently have put them on the map, according to property group Colliers International.

A new type of property deal is entering the agribusiness space as investor interest in the sector grows, according to property group Colliers International.

WA Australian Agriculture Minister Terry Redman can't shed light on reports a Chinese agricultural giant could buy up to $4 billion worth of prime farmland after snapping up some 30,000 hectares in the past month.

Blackstone Group LP and China agribusiness company New Hope Group are through to the final round of bidding for Australia's largest poultry producer Inghams Enterprises, a deal that could be worth as much as A$1.4 billion

The Chinese Government is seeking less scrutiny of its Australian farm raids. Sources say the Chinese are pushing the issue as part of a planned free trade agreement with Australia.

A new report from ABARES which indicates little change in the level of foreign ownership of Australian farm land since the 1980s has been described as a "whitewash" by Shadow Agriculture and Food Security Minister, John Cobb.

A company owned by the Canadian Public Sector Pension Investment Board has maintained a single-minded focus on controlling East Maui water since it bought 41,000 acres of ag land in November 2018.

Foreign buyers stepping into the rural property or agribusiness sector will have to negotiate new regulatory hurdles aimed at preventing a rush of opportunistic offshore-based takeovers during the coronavirus emergency.

Singapore-based Olam International has positioned Vietnam as an export center for Asia, symbolized by a massive pepper plantation in central Vietnam the size of roughly 150 baseball stadiums.

In partnership with Indonesian agribusiness Japfa and Cargill’s Black River, AustAsia has built five free stall dairy farms in the province of Shandong, plus another in Inner Mongolia, to milk 30,000 Holsteins in total.

The new Turnbull government is facing its first big test on foreign investment as Chinese bidders circle Australia's largest landholder, S. Kidman & Co., which owns cattle stations in the top-secret Woomera rocket range.

China National Cereals, Oils and Foodstuffs Corp, known as COFCO, will focus its overseas acquisition drive in the wine and sugar sectors to meet growing demand at home, a senior company official has said.

There are renewed calls for tighter limits on foreign investment in agricultural land, with new figures showing 4.6 million hectares of Australian land is now owned by overseas interests.

The global boom in commodities has raised the profile of three Asian agribusinesses: Olam, Wilmar and Noble, all with important farmland holdings.

Dubai World said on Friday the company was not involved in the dairy farm purchases "in any way".

Should foreign investment in Australian agricultural land and infrastructure be strictly limited? An Intelligence Squared debate presented by the St James Ethics Centre at Sydney's City Recital Hall.

Silva Capital invests in agricultural land to develop large-scale carbon sequestration projects by reforesting cleared areas, while ensuring the land remains productive for farming.

Pastoral Partners Australia, a carbon farming and sustainable grazing fund owned by New Zealand infrastructure investor Morrison & Co, has lifted the size of its portfolio to over 100,000 hectares.

A controlling interest in the Murray River Land Trust Portfolio of about 15,000ha "owned, contracted and optioned land" near Strathmerton has been taken by a private equity firm.

The Chinese exodus from the east coast beef, lamb and cropping sectors is gathering pace, with recent divestments by Rifa Salutary and Union Agriculture surpassing $50 million.

Belgian sugar producer Finasucre has agreed to acquire the Winfield Road aggregation – the largest Macadamia portfolio in Australia – from Hancock Agricultural Investment Group for a record-breaking $59.2 million.

The sustainability of food supply chains has become increasingly important in determining where First State Super, an Australian $75 billion superannuation fund, directs its investments.

One of Western Australia's most recognised household dairy names — the 130-year-old Brownes Dairy — has been sold to a Chinese firm.

Tasmanian senator says she will grill officials when they front Senate Estimates later this year over FIRB's history of approving foreign farm and asset purchases against the national interest.

The funds will acquire farms and farmland assets, including permanent crops, arable, and pastoral farmland, and lease to experienced operators across the focused geographical regions of Australia and New Zealand.

There are fresh calls for closer scrutiny of “who owns what” amid concerns baby formula and dairy product prices could soar after Treasurer Scott Morrison rubber-stamped the sale of Australia’s biggest dairy farm to Chinese business interests.

A unit of China's state-owned Bright Food Group Co Ltd will take a half share in New Zealand's biggest meat co-operative for $197 million, as China looks to import more of the country's agricultural products.

A bill aimed at limiting the sale of rural land to overseas investors failed to make it past the first stage when it was introduced in Parliament last night.

China is on the hunt for new food sources to feed its one and a half billion people and its central government has ordered $3 trillion be spent securing food and farmland overseas.

Competition is growing between Australia's major rural land selling agents as major institutional and private investors seek to gain a foothold in the growth area of agriculture.