Growth Farms lease fund offers investors low-risk stake in ag

Andrew Marshall
Updated June 20 2018 - 7:29am, first published June 19 2018 - 6:30am
FarmBuy Real Estate
David Sackett, Growth Farms Australia, says more family farms are looking to leasing opportunities as a quick expansion option.
David Sackett, Growth Farms Australia, says more family farms are looking to leasing opportunities as a quick expansion option.

Rising demand for leased farmland has convinced agricultural asset manager Growth Farms Australia to launch a 10-year investment fund which will buy mid-sized farming properties and lease them to primary producers.

Andrew Marshall

Andrew Marshall

National agribusiness writer

Andrew Marshall is the group agribusiness writer for ACM's state agricultural weeklies and websites. He is a former editor at The Land and has worked in various Rural Press group roles in Canberra, North Richmond (NSW) and Toowoomba (Qld).

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