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26/08/2010 Brazil`s agricultural miracle: How to feed the world The emerging conventional wisdom about world farming is gloomy. There is an alternative Aug 26th 2010... more 16/08/2010 Macquarie seeks crop land MACQUARIE Group’s agricultural division has launched a new cropping fund that will buy large-scale grain properties in Australia and Brazil. Macquarie has been low-key about its target for the fund, but investors approached by the gr... more 20/07/2010 Brazil outback lures Argentine farm giant PRIMAVERA DO LESTE, BRAZIL (DTN) — Brazil’s frontier state of Mato Grosso is no stranger to farming on a grand scale: The once-proclaimed king of soybeans, Blairo Maggi, planted 415,000 acres this season, while his cousin Erai Maggi fa... more 29/06/2010 TIAA-CREF: Why investments in farmland are now ‘like gold’ TIAA-CREF aims to add to its $2 billion holdings of farmland to help diversify its portfolio and hedge against inflation, said the pension-fund manager’s director for private-equity investments in agriculture. “We don’t h... more 17/06/2010 US bean farmers seek Brazil farmland deals Kansas City, June 16 — In a small-town spin on a global agricultural investment trend, a group of U.S. Midwest soybean farmers has issued a private placement this month to raise capital for farmland acquisitions in Brazil. The group,... more 01/06/2010 Agricultural investments on a hot run in Brazil Agricultural investments on a hot run in Brazil with large scale acreage acquisitions giving high capital and operating returns El Tejar, an Argentinean based farming company with over 2.75 million acres under cultivation,... more 19/05/2010 Land of the Giants: Investors Favor Scale on Brazil`s Frontier NEW YORK (DTN) --With 2.75 million acres under cultivation in five countries, Argentina-based farming company El Tejar is only one of dozens of corporations snapping up South American farmland in recent years. In Mato Grosso, Brazil, alone, the co... more 19/05/2010 Bunge seeks investors for Brazil land fund NEW YORK, May 19 (Reuters) – Global agribusiness and food company Bunge Ltd is gauging investor interest for the launch of an investment fund that would buy land in Brazil to take advantage of demand for sugar and sugar-based ethanol, the co... more 10/05/2010 Franklin Templeton expanding in agriculture, energy NEW YORK, May 10 (Reuters) - The real estate advisory unit of Franklin Templeton Investments plans to expand into agriculture, energy, water, and other areas that reflect rising demand for food and energy, the investment company said on Monday.... more 09/05/2010 Hyundai wants to buy land in Brazil Executives from the South Korean company Hyundai are negotiating with state governments for the purchase of land in Brazil, with the objective of planting and exporting soya to South Korea. Company executives visited the state of Piaui las... more |
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