Touch the Soil News #1797 (Feature Photo Worrall Creek Aggregation – Courtesy of JLL Agribusiness) Queensland Country Life news, brings us the unusual story of the coming sale of a one of Australia’s largest farms – 66,000 acres. Called the Worral Creek Aggregation, the farm is in Australia, where few farms have adequate water. This…
Positive Future News #908 (Feature Photo – Organic Produce – CCA SA 3.0 Unported, Elina Mark) Farmland LP is an interesting business model. They buy farmland, transition the land to organics and upgrade all other aspects of the farm. Farmland LP then oversees the production while selecting the farmers that will grow the crops. Farmland…
Touch the Soil News #1750 (Feature Photo – Farm Crops – Public Domain) Farmlandgrab news portal brings us the story of America’s largest owner of farmland. The farmland number is 242,000 acres. That would be a farm that is 10 miles wide and almost 40 miles long. So who would it be? None other…
Touch the Soil News #1692 (Feature Photo – A U.S. farm planted into corn – Public Domain) Farmlandgrab.org brings us more insights on who is buying American farms. A large player is Homestead Capital. Homestead Capital invests other people’s money into buying and owning farmland. New on the block is the State Universities Retirement System…
Touch the Soil News #1688 (Feature Photo Almond Orchard – Public Domain) The purchase and ownership of farmland has become an activity not only of farmers, but of Wall Street companies, pension funds and other investment interests. A company we like to follow is Gladstone Land, which is fully transparent in its operations and benefits…
