Industry Agriculture Website inglebyfarms.com Founded 1998 | Area served Worldwide Type of business Private | |
Trading name Ingleby Farms & Forests Key people Carl-Gustaf Wachtmeister (Chairman) | ||
The Ingleby Company or Ingleby Farms & Forests is a worldwide farming corporation, owned by the British-based Swedish Rausing family. It owns significant farming interests in New Zealand, Romania, Argentina, Latvia, the United States and Australia. It is based in Denmark.
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Australia
Ingleby 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.
New Zealand
The 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. 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. They own an estimated 20,000 hectares (49,000 acres) in New Zealand. It is the largest foreigner owner of pastoral land in New Zealand.
Romania
Ingleby Agricultura/Ingleby Farms & Forests are the primary subsidiaries of Ingleby in Romania. It owns around 11,000 hectares (27,000 acres) in the country, making it the largest single land owner in Romania.