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US university buys $28m dairy farm
- NZ Herald
- 07 October 2010
An American university is buying a New Zealand dairy farm for more than $28 million as officials and would-be overseas investors get ready for new rules.
Harvard University to buy Otago farmland
- Radio New Zealand
- 07 October 2010
New Zealand's Federated Farmers is welcoming the purchase of a big slice of farmland in central Otago by Harvard University for $34.1 million.
US investors plough cash into farmland
- BBC
- 05 October 2010
Investment managers in the US report rising interest from pension schemes and retail investors in funds that buy and run farmland in developed countries.
TIAA acquires controlling interest in Westchester Group, Inc.
- TIAA-CREF
- 04 October 2010
TIAA is among the largest institutional investors in agriculture, with investments in more than 400 farms in North America, South America, Australia, and Eastern Europe as part of its General Account.
Investors seeing farmland as safer bet than stocks
- LA Times
- 19 September 2010
Wary of fluctuations on Wall Street, more wealthy Americans, private funds and foreigners are putting money into parcels of cornfields, fruit orchards and other US agricultural products.
After offshoring, Obama needs to crack down on farmland grab
- Ground Reality
- 10 September 2010
"I know you will think why should President Obama meddle in the affairs of other countries," writes Devlinder Sharma. "I agree, but at least he can stop the American agribiz and finance companies from indulging in offshore farmland grab."
Burry, predictor of mortgage collapse, bets on farmland, gold
- Bloomberg
- 07 September 2010
Michael Burry, the former hedge-fund manager who predicted the US housing market’s plunge, said he is investing in farmland. “I believe that agriculture land -- productive agricultural land with water on site -- will be very valuable in the future.”
Galtere says raising $1 bln agribusiness fund
- Reuters
- 01 September 2010
Galtere, a New York fund manager, said it was raising $1 billion to invest in production facilities for agricultural commodities -- including arable farmlands in countries such as Australia, Brazil and Uruguay -- that it planned to later sell or list publicly.
ANALYSIS-Brazil ups stakes for foreign investors in farmland
- Reuters
- 24 August 2010
Brazil's essential role as a provider of food for the world's expanding population is at risk if the government makes good on threats to curtail foreign investment in farmland.
Emirates seek overseas feed supply
- Al Dahra
- 16 August 2010
Abu Dhabi’s Al Dahra Agricultural Company is halfway through a plan involving more than 60,700 hectares of farmland in Europe, the US, south Asia and north Africa to boost the UAE’s food security.
Tanzania : Memorandum of Understanding for conducting feasibility study between Agrisol Energy and the Mpanda District Council
- The Oakland Institute
- 11 August 2010
Feasibility study to invest in a large scale agro-industrial project in the land designated as the Katumba and Mishamo refugee settlements
Statement from the People’s Movement Assembly on Food Sovereignty, US Social Forum 2010
- USSF
- 29 June 2010
We call on others in the US to demand an end to the global land grab and commit to participating in a global campaign against land grabs