Non-farming buyers set to 'exert more influence' over farmland market following Brexit
- FarmingUK
- 06 July 2016
Investors could find farmland more appealing in the face of wider economic uncertainty.
Investors could find farmland more appealing in the face of wider economic uncertainty.
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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.
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