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Sara Balawajder says the Lukas Walton-backed family office takes a wide-ranging approach to its search for fund and direct investments that promote regenerative practices in agriculture.

The Bunya Orchards acquisition clears the way for New Forests’ agriculture-focused subsidiary New Agriculture to pursue acquisitions for its debut fund once fundraising is complete.

The pair have provided a $15m credit facility to an East African financial institution that will support MSMEs and agricultural businesses.

The $300m agricultural loan program will expand Homestead’s private credit capability, which it has been building since at least 2022.

Centuria’s head of agriculture says the recently acquired Arrow Primary Infrastructure Fund will provide the firm with diversified agricultural exposure while sharing a focus on controlled environment agriculture with the Centuria Agriculture Fund.

With its Victoria and New South Wales orchards now mature, Cibus Capital is testing institutional appetite for its 1,000ha almond platform.

The deal, which lands amid a push to increase Australia’s low-carbon fuel production, sees fund managers positioning bioenergy as a new infrastructure subsector.

The public pension fund is targeting commitments across non-core real assets in 2026.

Weight-loss drugs are changing eating habits in wealthy economies, say reports. But with population growth, rising emerging-market incomes and finite arable land, agriculture’s investment case is shifting – rather than shrinking – toward productivity and quality.

After nearly two decades of consolidation, Macquarie is preparing to take its flagship pastoral platform to market, betting that scale, operational integration and a seasoned management team will resonate with institutional investors seeking exposure to Australian agriculture.