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China’s new global safeguard on beef imports will override the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement, but investors say export flexibility and diversification should protect producers.

The Kingdom will anchor a permanent crop vehicle and a cold-chain infrastructure fund in pursuit of its goal, and could set fundraising records along the way.

From Saudi Arabia’s multibillion-dollar agriculture push to Brazil-led blended finance platforms, food security is emerging as a primary driver of agricultural investment.

NZ Super is recalibrating its real assets strategy as it navigates weak timber prices in China, adds kiwifruit orchards to its agricultural portfolio and assesses opportunities in Australian cropping.

President Trump’s tariffs have curbed US farm exports and increased its subsidy burdens, while Southern Hemisphere countries like Australia and Brazil stand in strong positions for expansion.

The deal brings New Forests’ Tropical Asia Forest Fund 2 to about 80% deployment and signals the firm’s push to develop forestry and natural capital assets across the wider Pacific.

New Zealand investment manager MyFarm aims to acquire more kiwifruit orchards and increase its holding in grower-owned marketer Zespri in a move that could make it the company’s largest shareholder.

Australia’s Agriculture and Land Sector Plan outlines major opportunities in carbon, biodiversity and clean fuel, but investors lack the clarity that has driven capital into other sectors like renewable energy.

The Cleaner Fuels program aims to cut transport emissions while attracting investment in local refining capacity and creating opportunities for Australian agriculture.

Grain markets are entering a new era of multipolar tension and demand uncertainty, warns Rabobank, as the stability of post-Cold War trade norms give way to a more volatile order.