farmland

Business lobby group Agribusiness Australia found the sector’s governance needs to improve to attract more investment, among other changes required.

Australian farmland's annualized income return of 9.26% outperformed a capital return of 5.21% to help prop up total annualized income, reinforcing the asset's resiliency credentials.

Income returns strengthened significantly despite the fall in capital returns, due to strong export demand for Australian products.

UBS group managing director Joe Azelby sees promising demand drivers for farmland but the lack of 'scalable doorways' will limit large investors.

The integrated cotton grower and ginning business has been placed on the market by JG Boswell Company, along with 134 megaliters of water entitlements.

The manager has lowered the fundraising target for its Australian Farmlands Fund due to restrictions on movement, but says investor appetite for assets remains strong, especially overseas.

MIRA’s head of agriculture talks to Agri Investor about sustainable farming in the wake of covid-19, and provides an update on fund deployment and plans for a fourth fund.

Productivity Commission finds that negative public perceptions around FDI in agricultural land are ‘not well-supported by evidence’ but concerns over FIRB processing times from investors have some merit.

Foreign ownership of agricultural land and water entitlements remained broadly flat in the 12 months to June 2019, according to the latest figures from the Foreign Investment Review Board.

The assets, acquired through Warakirri-managed venture Aurora Dairies, will sell all milk to Beston Global Food Co for 10 years.