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The Transforming Farming Platform now has a portfolio of more than 12,500ha acquired across eight separate transactions.

PSP’s Australian cropping assets will no longer be managed by Warakirri Asset Management, although their partnership on Aurora Dairies will continue.

The 7,365-acre Catahoula Parish, Louisiana, farmland property produces crops including cotton, soybean, rice, wheat and was purchased from Farmland Partners late last year.

Sandmount Farms, built by goFARM over several years and prepared for further development, is likely to sell for more than A$250m.

The Australian fund manager describes the close as a ‘good result’ and expects to deploy all of the capital within the next few months.

Gina Rinehart’s agricultural business secured an ‘excellent outcome’ through the sale, which included two properties not part of the original divestment plan.

Head of timberland investments Tom Sarno says the firm has recently added a director of acquisitions for South America and plans to expand across Brazil, Chile, Uruguay and elsewhere.

Roc Partners’ Premium Food Fund was one of three buyers, alongside Primewest and another local buyer, for Harvard University’s Western Rosella portfolio.

103,006 ha portfolio is owned by investors in MIRA’s Macquarie Crop Partners, which is nearing the end of its 10-year term.

Flavorite Group, the Australian tomato producer backed by Roc Partners, has expanded through a merger with businesses owned by the Murphy family in Victoria, formerly known as Murphy Fresh and Tatura Fresh. The two Murphy family businesses grow truss tomatoes in glasshouses across two sites in the state covering 15 ha. Roc Partners said the […]