Agtech start-up Digital Agriculture Services recently secured funding from CSIRO and has seen strong interest from investors in using its web-based platform.
The Brisbane-based superfund says its capital will back expansion at Houweling’s Group, which Equilibrium’s fund acquired a stake in earlier this month.
The Sydney-based fund manager took on all but two properties in the Cygnet Park Farms portfolio on behalf of a private buyer and leased a further property on behalf of the same client.
A Royal Commission's findings have prompted political bickering over use of water in the Basin. Regardless of what industry thinks, it would be wise not to dismiss the findings out of hand.
The manager of ASX-listed Rural Funds Group has purchased Cobrunga, its third pastoral property acquisition and fourth overall since concluding a A$104m entitlement offer in August 2018.
A conservation deal and a new fund both highlight the need to focus on sustainability when investing in ag – if the weather in Australia at the moment wasn’t reminder enough.