ABOUT US
AGInvest is a specialist Rural Asset Management Company with deep links into farming, agribusiness and the rural sector. Our focus is to create quality investment opportunities into tangible assets that have a superior return/risk profile whilst providing shareholder liquidity.
The AGInvest team are successful farmers, each with practical farming experience and in-depth knowledge of the processing, marketing and service industries supporting agriculture.
The Company track record and focus is to deliver excellent returns to investors via regular dividends and capital growth generated from pastoral farming assets.
The property portfolio under the company’s management has varied between 7500 and 18000 dairy cows according to the investment cycle. AGInvest has experience in Investor Funds Management, including:
An unlisted Unit Trust (NZ Rural Property Trust) 1986-90
A public listed company (Dairy Brands Ltd) 1998-2002
Private companies and syndicated investments 1990-present
AGInvest also has significant consulting roles in the agricultural sector, with experience of the Meat Industry, Wool Industry, Dairy Industry and associated service sectors. Our experience New Zealand wide with farming and farmers provides knowledge of producer preferences and the optimum implementation process.
DIRECTORS
(BAgSci [hons], MBA [distinc])
Grant is a hands on dairy farmer owning three properties in Southland milking over 1200 cows. Grant won the Manawatu Sharemilker of the Year competition and was the runner up in the New Zealand competition in 1998.
Main roles:
Investment – sale and aquisition of rural property.
Management – farm supervision, farm management.
Consulting – strategic advice to the dairy and horticultural industries in new technologies, shareholder and farmer communication.
Director - Clifford King (view C.V.)
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(DipAg, DipVal, NZIV, NZIPM)
Cliff helped establish the New Zealand Rural Property Trust with particular responsibility for acquiring NZ$65 million of rural property throughout New Zealand in the late 1980's. Cliff was also responsible for purchasing, managing and subsequently selling the Dairy Brands operation in Canterbury and Southland. Cliff is currently a director of several companies in both New Zealand and Australia. Cliff is a registered valuer and a Justice of the Peace.
Main roles:
Investment – raising investor capital
Management – corporate management.
Consulting – strategic advice to the meat, wool and horticultural industries, shareholder and farmer communication, dispute resolution.
Agribusiness - sourcing quality yield based agribusiness investment in the service, processing and export sector.
Director - Andrew Watters (view C.V.)
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(BAg, DipBus, DipBusAdmin)
Andrew comes from a professional background as a farm consultant and dairy company manager working for Kiwi Dairies and its predecessors. Andrew owns two farms milking 550 cows under irrigation. Andrew and his wife Alison won the 2003 NZ Sharemilker of the Year title and in 2004 Andrew completed a prestigious Nuffield Farming Scholarship studying "innovation" in the Northern Hemisphere.
Main roles:
Investment – raising investor capital.
Management – corporate management, administration, investor reporting.
Consulting – strategic advice to the dairy and horticultural industries in new technologies, supply chain management, shareholder and farmer communication, dispute resolution and e-commerce.