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The sale of the portfolio in northern Australia could fetch A$300m during a ‘golden’ period for cattle producers, Elders says.

Brent Snow says Aware Super’s ag investments proved to be a useful diversifier in its infrastructure portfolio during the coronavirus pandemic.

In a ‘pioneering first’, Impact Ag Partners this month sold A$500,000 of carbon credits to Microsoft through a voluntary market established by Regen Network.

The firm will raise its first commingled fund focused on food after managing several investments in the sector since spinning out from Macquarie in 2014.

Foreign ownership of Australian farmland increased last year but remained flat as a percentage of the overall total, with China holding the most land.

Tim O’Laughlin has assumed a California-based position to focus on new initiatives for Mahi Pono and PSP affiliate Pomona Farming.

Analyst Dustin Aherin says ‘a unique combination of factors that we haven’t had in decades’ presents investors capable of surviving a full cattle cycle with a ‘great opportunity on the other side.’

The country's demand for protein in all its forms is set to continue growing as the population gets wealthier.

The CEO of Consolidated Pastoral Company sets out the firm’s plans to expand into cropping and find alternative uses for its land while maintaining cattle production following the MBO led by Hands’ family office.

Record-high prices for Australian cattle could continue to rise in 2021, which could affect the sector in the medium term – but the industry is a strong position heading into the new year.