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2017/18 was another successful year for Smith Agri International with over $80M of assets transacted on behalf ofour clients in the Australasian Agribusiness sector.This year also saw us expand our partnership with clients in the timber harvesting/production sector by a further$210M, to assist in the realisation of timber export to meet growing international demand from […]

There has been continued investment interest in high-value permanent crops into 2018. Currently,around 10% of Australia’s agricultural production land is used for permanent crops, but with thenumber of property conversions underway, as well as increased green field investments along theMurray Darling Basin and across Northern Australia, this may increase.Underpinning this interest is the rising value […]

Following a number of uncertain years, white (green) shoots are emerging as the Australian dairy sectorenters a period of recovery.Investor sentiment is also shifting with institutional buyers now seeking to consolidate their marketposition with acquisitions and expansion across the sector including processing and farms operations.Despite lower production volumes over the last 12 months, and a […]

The Smith Agri International (SAI) team announced today the sale of the Gippsland Plantation Aggregation. Located in the highly productive Central Gippsland region of Victoria, these Pinus radiata plantations represent a quality tranche of privatelyowned maturing Pinus radiata plantations ideally located in close proximity to other existing plantation estates, and surrounding processing industry that includes; […]

Smith Agri International are thrilled to have transacted another Australian private plantation asset introducing one of our growing number of sophisticated industry investors to this Victorian based plantation asset. This maturing well stocked Pinus radiata (pine) plantation of around 100 acres is around 13 to 14 years old and represents the first of numerous plantations […]

Agents are a critical component to any successful real estate transaction, it’s NOT like bypassing up a cabbie for an Uber driver, although the same lack of training and protection issues apply. An associate and I were discussing the growing trend of vendor’s choosing to sell one’s property asset by bypassing the use of a […]