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Late-stage capital is flowing toward scalable farm technology platforms with proven traction, even as wider agrifoodtech fundraising remains well below its 2021 peak.
Specialist food supply chain managers can benefit from diversified, vertically integrated strategies, but also need to build relationships at the ground level, says Solum Partners’ Daniel Sachs and Derek Lister.
In a 'self-fulfilling prophecy,' investors anticipating the government buybacks also contributed to water entitlement price increases.
Australia’s median farmland price extends its run of growth to eleven years, albeit at a more modest pace than earlier in the decade.
Rural Bank’s first-half analysis of Australian farmland shows values continue to rise but at a slower pace than the highs of the last four years.
Despite improved returns on a quarterly basis, annualized returns on Australian farmland are in the negative for the third quarter in a row.
ASIC has expanded its strategic priorities to include ‘consistency and transparency across markets,’ which will include scrutiny of private investments.
With government water buybacks hanging over the market, investors have been striking early to secure entitlements before prices inevitably rise.
Annual cropping continue to strongly outperform permanent farmland in the Australian Farmland Index, although returns were still only slightly in positive territory.
The latest edition of Rural Bank’s annual analysis of Australian farmland values shows that growth rates continued to slow after an exceptionally strong five years.