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The US timber and farmland markets are set for a busy year, with some saying 2015 will be the best window within the last five years for institutional investors to allocate to farmland. But will buyers or sellers prevail?
The US investment manager increased AUM by $100m in 2014 to $1.1bn and 116 properties, although new investor demand was muted.
The province's government is reviewing its farmland ownership rules amid complaints from farmers and politicians about increasing farmland values.
A recent report from government bureau ABARES indicates a 29% increase in average dairy farm cash incomes.
The state's education sector trust will issue an RFP for alternative ownership in the second half of next year after a $3m loss on the forestland in 2013.
The Australian law firm conducted a survey of global investment professionals alongside Mergermarket to discover what attracts and deters investment into the country's agri sector.
The race is on for attractive agricultural assets in Australia in the wake of the country’s recent free trade agreement with China, according to the investment bank.
Land prices across the US Corn Belt could fall by as much as 10% a year for three years, but this does not reflect badly on the investment opportunity, argue managers and consultants.
A lack in economies of scale, low-tech farming techniques and broken value chains remain thorny issues for China's agriculture industry, according to local private equity professionals.
Chiquita's acceptance of a $1.3bn takeover bid by a Brazilian partnership sparked some debate about its impact on the wider agri investment market.