Australia

Saudi's Agroinvest to raise $533m for farm investments
- Reuters
- 12 April 2010
But company says it does not want to tarnish Saudi Arabia's image by buying farmlands abroad
Macquarie interest in grain business elevated
- Stock & Land
- 19 Mar 2010
Macquarie Agricultural Funds Management has started up the Macquarie Crop Fund to "acquire or lease grain and oilseed properties located in geographically diverse regions of Australia and Brazil".
Hancock ag investors eyeing more farm deals
- Reuters
- 17 Mar 2010
Investors are growing more bullish on U.S. farmland as softness in some sectors spurs increased competition for buying quality acres. Capital flow is increasing from overseas, in particular from Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
6 Provinsi bagi Australia
- Kompas
- 17 Mar 2010
Peluang Investasi di Pertanian dan Peternakan
Qatar agribusiness buys first Australian holding
- Australian Financial Review
- 08 Mar 2010
Qatar-based Hassad Food has initiated its investment in Australian agriculture with the purchase of the prized Kaladbro Estate in far western Victoria.
Selling off the heart of our nation
- Daily Telegraph
- 07 Mar 2010
Saudi Arabia, along with Abu Dhabi and Kuwait, want to buy more than $1 billion worth of Aussie farmland in a 21st century land grab.
Australian agro-deal in Cambodia carries risks, rewards
- DPA
- 01 February 2010
Human rights workers said risks to the rural poor over such deals are significant because they are regularly evicted to make way for foreign investors.
COUNT ME IN! Swedish investor snaps up historic property for $20m
- The Standard
- 28 January 2010
Swedish Count Carl Gustav Wachmeister bought 3,310 ha in Victoria State, Australia
Oz-based fund eyes $600m in agro-tech
- The Phnom Penh Post
- 21 January 2010
Peter Costello, the former treasurer of Australia, revealed Wednesday he was working with an investment fund that planned to inject US$600 million into Cambodia’s agricultural sector. The projects will cover a vast area, about 100,000 hectares.
Australia: CSR's sugar assets and Asian demand attract global players
- The Australian
- 15 January 2010
Some of the world's biggest sugar players, including Brazil's Cosan, New York-listed Bunge and privately held US multinational Cargill, might join China in the race for CSR's sugar division
Glencore bond an 'opportunity', Chinese group says
- Agrimoney
- 24 December 2009
Glencore's agricultural interests include 300,000 hectares of land in Australia, Kazakhstan, Paraguay, Russia and Ukraine.
Hassad Food launches livestock project in Australia
- Qatar News Agency
- 22 December 2009
Hassad Food has launched a large project for producing livestock in Australia with a capacity of up to 70,000 Syrian head of sheep in its first year, and then up to 150,000 head of sheep in three years. The company will also purchase farmlands for the production of grains especially wheat.