Ingleby Farms & Forests is a multi-national agricultural corporation, with a head office in Køge in Denmark. It is owned by the wealthy Swedish Rausing family; in 2021 the owners were reported to be Lisbet Rausing and Benjamin Henry Anders Rausing Koerner.[2] It owns significant farming interests in New Zealand, Romania, Argentina, Latvia, Lithuania, the United States, Australia and Perú.[3]
| Ingleby Farms & Forests | |
| Company type | Private |
| Industry | Agriculture |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Carl-Gustaf Wachtmeister (Chairman)[1] |
| Owner | Rausing family |
| Website | inglebyfarms |
Australia
editIngleby operates under a variety of subsidiaries in Australia. In Tasmania it uses the name Clovelly Tasmania Pty Ltd. Ingleby owns around 16,000 hectares (40,000 acres) in Australia, including many historic Tasmanian properties. In 2005 it purchased the 1838 property Bowood for AUD$7.75 million and in 2011 purchased the 1839 Georgian Symmons Plains Estate from the Youl family for AUD$10 million.[3]
New Zealand
editThe company operates as Ingleby Company Ltd in New Zealand. It has purchased 17 farming properties, of which it later sold one, merged two and sold part of another.[4] They received heavy criticism for allegedly overpaying for properties to cut locals out of the market, particularly in their NZ$4.2 million purchase of Katoa Station, Gisborne District, in 2007.[5] They own an estimated 20,000 hectares (49,000 acres) in New Zealand.[6] It is the largest foreigner owner of pastoral land in New Zealand.[7]
Romania
editIngleby Agricultura is its subsidiary in Romania. It owns around 11,000 hectares (27,000 acres), making it the largest single land owner in the country.[8]
References
edit- ^ "Count Carl-Gustaf Wachtmeister Chairman of Ingleby Farms and Forests". investforest.com. Invest in Forest International Conference. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
- ^ Philip Oltermann (22 Apr 2021). Rausings targeted in protest against Berlin bookshop eviction. The Guardian. Accessed June 2023.
- ^ a b "Ingleby buys Symmons Plains". Property Observer. 6 June 2011. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
- ^ "Scandal-hit family own lots of NZ farmland". The New Zealand Herald. 12 July 2012. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
- ^ "Brits deny pushing Kiwi farm prices up". The Dominion Post. 2 August 2007. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
- ^ "Ingleby Company in New Zealand for the long haul". Farm Land Grab. 4 January 2008. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
- ^ "NBR RICH LIST 2012: A place for business and pleasure – the international NBR Rich Listers". NBR. 27 July 2012. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
- ^ "Ingleby outruns major Romanian farming business owners". ACT Media. 3 March 2010. Retrieved 11 December 2014.