Food poor and oil rich: Quelling Qatar's appetite
    Hassad Food plans to invest all over the world. “Latin America, Asia, you name it,” says Al Hajri, “Where we invest, we make profit. If Qatar is in need of that production, Hassad has the pleasure to sell to Qatar at no special rate.”
    • Qatar Today
    • 06 December 2009
    Deflating bubbles
    For the far-sighted investor, especially one spending dollars, an agricultural downturn could be the time to consider buying farmland.
    • Financial Times
    • 06 May 2009
    Farming lures more managers as Dexion prepares $270 million fund raising
    Dexion Capital prepares to raise $270 million for a private equity fund which will invest in land, and operate cattle and crop farms around the world.
    • Investment Industry Stories
    • 04 July 2008
    Japan's new farm belt
    From the California wine country to the Florida citrus groves and Montana ranches, a wave of Japanese investment is sweeping through American agriculture and food processing.
    • New York Times
    • 14 May 1989
    Dreams blocked as council cries over milk spilling to China
    Bass Coast Shire Council last month unanimously rejected Ningbo Dairy Group’s plan to house 1000 milking cows in barns and build a $6 million bottling plant on its main Glenview farm
    • The Australian
    • 07 September 2015
    Foreign farm buys above $15m will need FIRB approval
    Australia's new threshold on foreign investment in agriculture would be cumulative, so someone with a $14m investment would have to seek approval before trying to purchase an ­additional $1m property.
    • The Australian
    • 11 February 2015
    Investors hungry for agriculture
    There is "a wall of money" looking for a home in agricultural investments worldwide, say managers for BlackRock's London-based World Agriculture Fund.
    • The Australian
    • 27 April 2013
    Queensland's sugar takes a foreign flavour in big industry shake-up
    Subsidiary of Singapore's Wilmar pays $115m for Australia's largest sugar mill operator and plans to buy back former cane land now used for timber plantations to expand sugar production.
    • The Australian
    • 06 June 2011
    Robb defends foreign investment
    Australia's Trade Minister Andrew Robb has engaged in a fiery exchange with controversial radio broadcaster Alan Jones over foreign investment in agriculture.
    • The Land
    • 29 October 2014
    Macquarie goes grain farming
    Macquarie Group's new farmland fund, which is targeting farms in Australia and Brazil, has purchased its first two properties in Australia worth a total of almost $40 million.
    • Australian Financial Review
    • 02 April 2012
    China snaps up Qld cattle station
    London-listed M.P. Evans, offloaded 31,000-hectare cattle-fattening property Woodlands, near Westmar, Australia for $28 million to a subsidiary of China's Fucheng Group.
    • The Land
    • 21 September 2015
    British combing for cotton
    UK-based investors are planning a $400 million rural land fund to buy cotton and wheat properties in eastern Australia.
    • The Land
    • 05 December 2011
    PNG's great land grab sparks fightback by traditional owners
    Developers hover as 5 million hectares, and national pride, are signed away in 99-year leases that have raised fears of corruption.
    • The Age
    • 13 October 2011
    Canada's PSP fund buys majority stake in Stahmann nut business
    One of Canada’s biggest pension funds has teamed up with management of Australia’s largest pecan grower and processor, Stahmann Farms Enterprises.
    • The Land
    • 11 May 2017
    Foreigners dig in to New South Wales farmland
    More than 613,000 hectares of Australia's NSW's agricultural land is owned by UK-based investors, compared with 227,300 ha owned by Korean interests and 55,560 ha by US investors.
    • The Land
    • 19 October 2011
    Hannen sells sheep station
    Peter Hannen is selling his sheep country in western NSW, Australia after his ambitious plan to raise $300 million for an agricultural fund with Dexian Capital couldn't find support.
    • The Land
    • 27 October 2009
    Bolsonaro ignores fears for Amazon amid record land-grab
    A record amount of Brazil’s Amazon rainforest was cut down or destroyed last month, fuelling concerns that under President Jair Bolsonaro, illegal miners and farmers are involved in a free-for-all land grab.
    • The Australian
    • 09 August 2019
    Saudi Arabia seeking investment opportunities in foreign agricultural markets
    Consistent interest from Saudi Arabia in direct investment in foreign agriculture, such as SALIC's recent purchase of 200,000 ha in Western Australia, will continue.
    • Future Directions
    • 06 November 2019
    À “l’avant-garde” du nouveau programme de sécurité alimentaire chinois, les grandes entreprises remplacent les paysans
    La Chine a accepté des accords commerciaux qui obligent le pays à importer des denrées alimentaires et mis en place des mesures favorisant le développement des grandes exploitations et d’énormes entreprises alimentaires et agroindustrielles.
    • GRAIN
    • 03 November 2015
    KLK quietly snaps up large tracts of Aussie farmland
    Malaysia’s palm oil giant Kuala Lumpur Kepong Bhd (KLK) has been steadily purchasing farms in Australia’s largest wheat-producing region
    • The Malaysian Insider
    • 19 February 2013
    Saudi-backed group exporting grain
    SALIC owns a whopping aggregation in Western Australia, Merredin Farms, which produces grain and livestock over 211,000 hectares and grows around 120,000 tonnes of grain alone each year.
    • The Land
    • 04 June 2021
    Farmland investing pays solid 12pc return, but China tensions niggle
    Bullish returns from farmland investments are likely to falter in 2021 because of Australia's increasingly prickly trade relationship with our huge agricultural export customer, China.
    • Country Life
    • 04 January 2021
    Foreign investors key for dairy: MG
    Australia's Murray Goulburn Co-operative says it plans to bypass traditional bank lending by forging alliances with international investors to support dairy farms.
    • Weekly Times Now
    • 26 August 2013
    Who owns Australia?
    Complex web of data reveals large swathes of country controlled by small number of billionaires and large companies
    • Guardian
    • 16 May 2021
    Las corporaciones reemplazan a los campesinos como la “vanguardia” de la nueva agenda de seguridad alimentaria en China
    China ha aceptado firmar tratados comerciales que la obligan a importar alimentos, y ha implementado políticas que favorecen el desarrollo de fincas de mayor tamaño y de inmensas corporaciones del agronegocio y la alimentación
    • GRAIN
    • 03 November 2015
    Middle East secretly targets our farms
    A Qatari Government-owned company is buying up prime agricultural land in South Australia at well above market rates and is forcing farmers to sign confidentiality agreements.
    • Adelaide Now
    • 25 February 2013
    Canadians pay $180m to take control of Queensland egg farmer
    Canada's public worker pension fund manager PSP Investments has made a significant stride in Australia's agricultural sector by acquiring a majority stake in Ellerslie Free Range Farms, a leading egg producer, for $180 million.
    • AFR
    • 17 Mar 2024
    US giant quits NT cattle station amid carbon confusion
    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.
    • AFR
    • 16 Mar 2025
    Aussie-Canadian $55-million fund partnership
    A joint venture between Australia's Warakirri Asset Management and Canada’s Public Sector Pension Investment Board has acquired a grain growing aggregation in Riverina, Australia for more than $55 million
    • Farms.co
    • 14 Mar 2022
    Chinese eye Australia's outback in $43 billion foreign farming frenzy
    Australia is facing $43 billion foreign farming frenzy by Chinese companies, spurred by mounting food security needs and a push to “go global.”
    • Bloomberg
    • 04 August 2015
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