Brazil

CGG is setting up a soybean base in Brazil
- China Daily
- 24 November 2011
The project will be the biggest overseas investment made by a Chinese agricultural enterprise and China's largest overseas production base for cooking oil.
Mercado de grandes propriedades no Brasil atinge recorde, diz estudo
- IHU
- 09 November 2011
O relatório afirma que o Brasil e a China continuam sendo destinos preferidos de investidores que buscam aplicações em propriedades no exterior.
Brazil thwarts Macquarie crop move
- Stock & Land
- 07 November 2011
Group's $700 million international crop fund has been dealt a serious blow with new foreign investment restrictions on rural property in Brazil stalling its expansion.
Prices for Brazil's big farms slide on foreign ownership restrictions
- Progressive Farmer
- 03 November 2011
The Brazilian government's decision to block major foreign land purchases from August 2010 has had a very real impact: prices for lots larger than 3,000 hectares have fallen by 10% or more over the past year, depending on the region.
Big money warms to farmland
- DTN
- 01 November 2011
Pension funds and other corporate owners have spent only a tiny fraction of the billions of dollars they could invest in farmland, but they are definitely kicking the tires on potential purchases.
SLC Agricola expands land in Brazilian frontier
- Agrimoney
- 21 October 2011
SLC Agricola has bought its second farm in Brazil's Piaui state in less than two months, expanding into a relatively undeveloped area where land prices are a fraction of those in more popular regions.
Brazil's new land policy
- Mid-South Farmer
- 20 October 2011
"I'm betting the current furor will end up dying down once Congressman Beto Faro's report is in. He's the Workers Party legislator in Brazil, tasked with measuring just how much foreigners control Brazilian farmland."
Structural change in commodity markets: private financial sector investment in agriculture
- OECD
- 17 October 2011
Report by HighQuest Partners for the OECD, October 2011, features 6 case studies of land grabbers: Agrica, CalyxAgro, Cazanae, Jantzen, NFD Agro and Quifel
Hassad plans overseas investments
- Gulf Times
- 15 October 2011
Hassad Food Company is keen to secure food supplies for Qatar at reasonable prices through local and international investments in various countries, according to an article in the Qatar Chamber of Commerce and Industry memorial book ‘40 Years of Excellence and Achievement.’
The Dragon’s appetite for soy stokes Brazilian protectionism
- beyondbrics
- 10 October 2011
Changes to land laws are under discussion in Brazil, this time based on reciprocity. One result is that Chinese investors would be banned from buying any land in Brazil, as China does not permit private ownership of land.
Major pension fund invests in farm land
- FT
- 10 October 2011
Roger Ferguson, chief executive of TIAA-CREF, says his firm is increasingly acquiring farmland in the US, Eastern Europe, Australia and Brazil as long term investments.
Farmland seen returning up to 12% by $469 billion fund manager
- Bloomberg
- 06 October 2011
Farmland investments may return 8 percent to 12 percent annually as global food demand increases, said the largest US pensions manager for teachers and academic researchers with $469 billion of assets.