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Aussie agriculture reaches new highs

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2017
... total value of Australia's agriculture production continues to rise. During 2015-16, the gross value of Australian agriculture increased by 6% to $56 billion with all states except Northern Territory showing an increase. Industry Super Australia has ...

Agriculture high on industry fund agenda

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2017
... settings, industry superannuation funds could be enticed to substantially increase their $1.6 billion stake in Australian agriculture. "Institutional players have not always fared well in Australian agriculture. Past failures, poorly executed or short ...

Australasia sees continued Canadian investment

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2016
... year it purchased seven Australian cattle ranches and signed an in principle agreement to partner with an Australian agriculture investment operator on a new row-crop platform in the region. It also purchased two New Zealand dairy operations. PSP's natural ...

Foreign investment bound for South Australia

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2016
... Doroudi said. The technology investment is timely given global pension funds have been widely investing in Australian agriculture. Previous analysis of the world's largest agri-related funds highlights about 12% of funds invested and raised for agriculture ...

QIC makes first agribusiness acquisition

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016
... transaction, QIC chief executive officer, Damien Frawley said: QIC is very proud to lead this investment in Australian agriculture and to be investing Australian superannuation assets into our beef industry. This landmark deal was made possible by our ...

Agriculture ripe for institutional picking

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2016
... billion. The numbers are solid but are they enough to further convince local institutional investors that Australian agriculture is ripe for investment? BDO executive director corporate finance and agribusiness specialist, Margaux Beauchamp, says agriculture ...

Aussie agtech the focus for US fund

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2016
... Finistere Ventures partner Arama Kukutai said technological innovation "will play a crucial role in enabling Australian agriculture to capitalise on the fast growing food production demands of neighbouring Asian countries." The former Westpac banker ...

The case for super investing in agriculture

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015
... options," the research said. ANZ released new research this week which said institutional investment into Australian agriculture, especially in grains, continues to lag, and more is needed to drive broad scale activity. "With a build-up of global liquidity ...

Super fund goes nuts for returns

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015
... officer, Richard Brandweiner, said it was an opportunity to deploy much needed expansion capital into the Australian agriculture sector. "Seen as a premium, high-protein health food product, the almond industry is experiencing strong global growth that ...

Climate change good for agriculture

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2008
... challenges, delegates at a recent climate change summit convened by the Farm Institute carried the view that Australian agriculture continued to have an incredibly optimistic future, again pointing to the investment opportunities the sector offers.