Japan

A new joint venture between Nippon Steel Trading and Energreen Australia will establish a large scale pongamia plantation near Emerald, aimed at supporting biofuel production and strengthening trade ties with Japan.

A Sydney-based forestry giant is selling a 5485ha portfolio, which is set to be harvested and then transitioned to agricultural use for an incoming buyer.

DMCI President Isidro Consunji said the family's agriculture business was developing a 12,000-hectare African palm oil plantation in Negros Occidental, as well as a partnership with Japan's Marubeni and UP Los Baños to plant 1.5 million trees across 15,000 hectares for carbon credits.

The controlling shareholders of Brazil sugar and ethanol producer Raizen SA, which controls 1.3 million hectares of sugar cane plantations, are in talks to sell a stake to Mitsubishi Corp. as part of a plan to raise capital.

New Forests, a Mitsui- and Nomura-backed manager specializing in nature-based real assets and natural capital strategies, is acquiring a 50 percent stake in McPhee Beef Farms, a large-scale beef breeding enterprise in the New England region of New South Wales, Australia

The failed ProSAVANA agribusiness project in Mozambique demonstrates how “development” promoted from the Global North can harm communities and the environment. When public finance is involved, the risks—and the responsibility—are even greater.

After expanding its growing area through acquisitions, Daiwa holds a roughly 20% share of pepper sales in Japan, a stone's throw away from the market leader. While it is not unusual for companies to enter the field, Daiwa stands apart due to its goal: turning pepper farms into a financial product.

Japan will bar foreigners from acquiring farmland if their visas are set to expire soon, in a bid to prevent misuse of such land amid high prices for rice and other food items, the farm ministry said.

Mitsui & Co announces the sale of all of the farmland owned by its Brazilian subsidiary Agricola Xingu to the Brazil farming giant SLC Agrícola S.A.

Companhia dos Logemann comprou duas fazendas da Mitsui, assumindo o “filé mignon” em Minas Gerais a um preço extremamente atrativo

Japan's No.2 crude oil refiner, Idemitsu Kosan, will begin a trial plantation of the non-edible oilseed tree crop Pongamia in Australia to assess its potential as a feedstock for aviation fuel, in cooperation with the US company Terviva.

Japan's Sojitz is collaborating with Vinamilk and Vilico to invest in a 10,000 cattle farm and beef processing and distribution facilities.