Livestock

The amount of Australian farmland in foreign hands fell by 10% in the year to June 30, 2022, according to the latest set of government figures.

Insects represent a sustainable livestock feed alternative but British regulation is stuck with the same barriers erected in response to ‘mad cow’ disease in 2001, say Rachel O’Connor and Peter Smithers.

Sunshine Farms Aggregation was a seed asset for the AAM Diversified Agriculture Fund, with AAM selling as it shifts focus to the north.

The acquisition of Jemalong continues the expansion of Lawson Grains’ portfolio, with co-investor AIMCo keen to continue building out its Australian farmland assets.

QIC acquired Stuart’s Creek, a beef cattle property with established carbon sequestration properties, from Packhorse via its Queensland Natural Capital Fund.

Palisade’s Regional Livestock Exchanges has acquired the South Eastern and Western Victoria exchanges to take its portfolio to 10 sale yards across Australia’s eastern seaboard.

CDPQ's Nicolas Leyssieux and CEFC's Heechung Sung set out how the unusual deal to establish a farmland investment platform while taking an equity stake in Gunn Agri Partners came about.

The close represents the first stage of a planned initial fundraise of A$65m, which will be used to acquire a mixed farming aggregation and water entitlements in NSW’s Southern Riverina.

CEFC and CDPQ will establish Wilga Farming, an open-end platform with A$200m of capital to be managed by Gunn Agri Partners, as well as taking a stake in the asset manager itself.

The ANREV Australian Farmland Index recorded its lowest quarterly result since its 2015 inception despite the total annualized return holding up relatively well.