US

Big money moves into the Midwest grain trade
- Pioneer Press
- 06 June 2011
Across the Midwest, well-heeled outside investors are on the prowl to acquire the hard assets of US agribusiness, including farmland.
Le Guatemala sous la coupe de l'agrobusiness
- Le Monde
- 03 June 2011
Au Guatemala, le marché de l'huile de palme est détenu par cinq familles. Et l'un de ces geants guatélmaltèques, Palma del Ixcán, est une filiale de la comagnie texane Green Earth Fuels, controlée par les fonds d'investissement Goldman Sachs et Carlyle
What price NZ? Land bid tests limits
- NZ Herald
- 27 May 2011
Last week, bids closed for an 83% stake in Fonterra's biggest supplier, Dairy Holdings, which oversees 72 South Island farms. Bidders reportedly include Chinese dairy giant Bright Dairy, a pastoral fund owned by Australian investment bank Macquarie Group, British private equity firm Terra Firma. US private equity firm Carlyle Group and the Harvard Endowment Fund.
AP2, TIAA-CREF partner in agriculture venture
- Global Pensions
- 25 May 2011
Swedish pension buffer fund AP2 and US pension fund manager TIAA-CREF have formed a joint venture to invest at least US$500 million in farmland in the US, Australia and Brazil.
Way out west, another bubble is forming
- Sydney Morning Herald
- 23 May 2011
Regulators are warning that a new real estate bubble may be forming across the US grain belt -- and National Australia Bank is right in the middle.
Hedge farm! The doomsday food price scenario turning hedgies into survivalists
- NY Observer
- 17 May 2011
On the rare occasion that New Yorkers talk about farming, it's usually something along the lines of what sort of organic kale to plant in the vanity garden at the second house in the Adirondacks.
Fertile ground for investors: Farmlands
- Philadelphia Inquirer
- 17 May 2011
The world’s second-oldest profession–farming–is a hot investment
Land investors crowd the waiting room
- Progressive Farmer
- 11 May 2011
So many Wall Street-types crammed the Waldorf Astoria in New York City last week for a global farmland and agribusiness conference that hosts warned the crowd of 600 not to block the fire exits.
World Agriculture Investment Conference challenged by anti-hunger, faith, food and farm leaders
- USFSA
- 09 May 2011
Groups from across the U.S. are highlighting the dangers in a convergence of some of the world’s leading agribusiness and investment firms at a Chicago conference that starts today.
Cargill unit Black River plans $400 mln Asian food fund
- Reuters
- 20 April 2011
Black River's investment pipeline includes a Chinese pork producer and distributor, a duck farming firm in northern China, a fish producer in Costa Rica and a frozen fish processor in Singapore.
Amity Technology LLC intends to invest Dagestan agro-industrial complex
- RIAD
- 05 April 2011
The Republic of Dagestan will provide the US company with 100,000 hectares of land in Nogai district for a project to produce and process sugar beets and vegetables.
Dom Farms
- YouTube
- 31 Mar 2011
Video about the US agribusiness Dominion Farms in Kenya.