L'achat de terres agricoles par les étrangers ? Les Etats-Unis connaissent aussi !
    De 2004 à 2014, le volume de terres agricoles aux Etats-Unis détenues par des étrangers aurait doublé, les acheteurs étant essentiellement des canadiens, des néerlandais et des allemands
    • Commodafrica
    • 10 August 2017
    Goodbye, small farmer? investors could soon own most of american farmland
    Today, 30 percent of American farmland is owned by non-operators who lease it out to farmers. Here’s why that’s a problem.
    • Yes Magazine
    • 08 August 2017
    ICSID roundup: Hungary
    British agricultural company Magyar Farming Co. Ltd., along with two Hungarian companies called Kintyre KFT and Inicia ZRT, hit Hungary with an ICSID claim on Aug. 1.
    • Law360
    • 04 August 2017
    Foreign investors are snapping up US farms
    American farmland is becoming popular with overseas investors—and that’s making people nervous. Italian buyers purchased 102,000 acres, New Zealand bought around 18,000, and Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates went in on more than 15,000 acres.
    • Mother Jones
    • 04 August 2017
    The Rohatyn Group to acquire GMO Renewable Resources
    GMORR manages approximately $2.1 billion in rural real estate assets across eight countries and 600,000 hectares.
    • Business Wire
    • 04 August 2017
    Harvest returns to launch agriculture investment platform
    Texas-based Harvest Returns, a financial tech company, is planning on debuting its agriculture investment platform this month. With this platform, agriculture producers and landowners will be able to raise funding and also maintain control over their business.
    • PE Hub Network
    • 03 August 2017
    Stained Trade
    Papua New Guinea (PNG) is home to the largest remaining tropical rainforest in the Asia-Pacific region, and one of the biggest land grabs in modern history. Between 2014 and 2016, Global Witness traced a supply chain spanning some 9,000 miles from the PNG’s forests to retail shelves in the U.S.
    • Global Witness
    • 01 August 2017
    It’s not just what U.S. farmland is foreign-held, it’s what’s the intentions are
    A new online tool created by the Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting allows individuals to check up on just how much American land is currently owned by foreign entities, and the results might be surprising. Between 2004 and 2014, these databases show foreign investors doubled their American farmland holdings.
    • AgDaily
    • 28 July 2017
    US farmland overtakes timberland in investor returns
    Timberland has fallen back behind farmland as a US investment. Returns from farmland jumped to 1.6% from 0.5% in the January-to-March period.
    • Agrimoney
    • 26 July 2017
    Arlon Group Invests in CBL Alimentos SA
    Company backed by Rabobank and Continental Grain takes minority stake in Brazilian dairy company pursuing farmland acquisitions in Piaui.
    • Arlon Group
    • 19 July 2017
    Summit Agricultural Group launching $60M Summit Ag Fund III
    the Iowa-based company has build up a diverse portfolio of ag operations in the U.S., and has begun to build a significant presence in Brazilian farmland and biofuels
    • Global AgInvesting
    • 12 July 2017
    Foreign investment in U.S. farmland on the rise
    The value of the foreign-owned U.S. farmland soared from $17.4 billionto $42.7 billion, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture data. Most of today’s foreign investment in agricultural land began to increase in 2005
    • Demoines Register
    • 03 July 2017

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