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Tag Archives: Australia

Modest Rise in Grain Prices Offer Temporary Support to Land Valuations; Rent Terms Remain Under Pressure

Posted on January 15, 2015 by mfritz

With crop prices broadly lower than a year ago, farmers are focused on minimizing costs in 2015, rather than maximizing output. Growers are purchasing fewer and lower cost inputs. In addition, rental terms for some cropland are under pressure, according … Continue reading →

Posted in Cropland, Farm Economy, Land Values, Pasture/Ranchland | Tagged Alabama, Atlanta, Australia, California, Chicago, corn, cotton, crop conditions, crop prices, cropland values, Dallas, drought, Federal Reserve, Florida panhandle, Forida, Georgia, growing conditions, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas City, Michael Fritz, Mid-South, Midwest, Minneapolis, Missouri, Northern Plains, orange crop, Pacific West, pasture, Pasture values, permanent crops, rental terms, Russian grain exports, south carolina, Southeast, Southern Plains, soybeans, Tennessee, Texas, Texas Panhandle, Virginia, wheat | Leave a comment

Swedish Pension Fund Commits Another $750 Million to TIAA-CREF’s Second Global Farmland Fund

Posted on August 28, 2014 by mfritz

The Second Swedish National Pension Fund (AP2) committed another $750 million to agricultural real estate investments in the U.S., Australia and Brazil. The allocation is part of last month’s initial $1.4 billion raise for TIAA-CREF’s Global Agriculture II farmland investment … Continue reading →

Posted in Agricultural Investment, Cropland, Foreign Land Ownership | Tagged agricultural real estate, Alico Inc., AP2, Australia, Brazil, farmland, Florida, Michael Fritz, Second Swedish National Pension Fund, Teays River Investments, TIAA-CREF Global Agriculture, TIAA-CREF Global Agriculture II, U.S. | Leave a comment

TIAA-CREF buying 31,000 acres of Florida farmland for $91.4 million as Alico exits sugarcane farming business

Posted on August 12, 2014 by mfritz

A farmland investment company managed by New York retirement fund manager TIAA-CREF agreed last week to purchase 30,959 acres of farmland in Hendry County, Fla. from Alico Inc. for $91,436,000. Alico is one of Florida’s largest private landowners with 130,720 … Continue reading →