New kiwifruit orchard bought to fund Mormon church 購買新的獼猴桃園以資助摩門教

New kiwifruit orchard bought to fund Mormon church 購買新的獼猴桃園以資助摩門教
The investment arm of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has purchased a new kiwifruit orchard in Bay of Plenty.耶穌基督后期圣徒教會的投資部門在豐盛灣購買了一個新的獼猴桃園。

▲Zespri RubyRed plant

The investment was set to fund the work of its owner, the United States-based church known commonly as the Mormon Church.這筆投資將為其所有者——總部位于美國的摩門教的工作提供資金。
Utah-based agricultural investor, Farmland Reserve acquired the Three Roads property near Edgecumbe, with local firm Craigmore Sustainables set to manage it.
The deal went through the Overseas Investment Office in August, resulting from a multi-year relationship between the two firms.總部位于猶他州的農(nóng)業(yè)投資者Farmland Reserve收購了Edgecumbe附近的Three Roads物業(yè)，當(dāng)?shù)毓綜raigmore Sustainables將對其進(jìn)行管理。
該交易于8月通過了海外投資辦公室，這是兩家公司多年合作關(guān)系的結(jié)果。

▲Zespri RubyRed plant?

Farmland Reserve’s first NZ investment
Farmland Reserve was a commercial, for-profit entity where its profits help fund the church’s religious, humanitarian and charitable work.
Employing thousands globally, it invested in farms and orchards in 29 of 50 US states and 10 countries across the Americas, Europe and most recently Australasia.
新西蘭首次投資農(nóng)田保護(hù)區(qū)
農(nóng)田保護(hù)區(qū)是一個商業(yè)營利實(shí)體，其利潤幫助資助教會的宗教、人道主義和慈善工作。
該公司在全球雇傭了數(shù)千名員工，在美國50個州中的29個州以及美洲、歐洲和最近的澳大利亞的10個國家投資了農(nóng)場和果園。

▲A picture of pollinating kiwi fruit

However, the church held hundreds of millions of dollars in assets like property across the country.
He said it was grateful to fill the need for capital in New Zealand, as a “passive and patient” long-term investor, with Craigmore taking the operational lead.
“I think this need that Craigmore brought to us is showing that there is a capital need in New Zealand to support this very growing industry, because it’s very, very expensive to develop even one hectare of kiwifruit is costly and so most entities can’t do it.
“So we were excited to be able to come in and to fill that need, particularly given I believe some of the destruction that occurred after that Cyclone [Gabrielle] and several years ago, and that really created kind of a capital gap.”
He said Farmland Reserve was not planning to set up as a charity in New Zealand.

▲Abundant Red Heart Kiwi Orchard

它在澳大利亞擁有的農(nóng)田種植開心果、土豆、洋蔥、小麥和大豆等作物。
總裁兼首席執(zhí)行官Doug Rose表示，全球獼猴桃消費(fèi)量持續(xù)增長，新西蘭擁有理想的獼猴桃種植條件。
他說：“一段時(shí)間以來，我們從遠(yuǎn)處欣賞了多么美妙的作物啊?！薄?br /> “我不知道地球上還有比新西蘭更美麗的國家，擁有更美麗的人民和文化?！?br /> 羅斯表示，這是Farmland Reserve在新西蘭的首次投資。
然而，該教會在全國各地?fù)碛袛?shù)億美元的財(cái)產(chǎn)等資產(chǎn)。
他說，作為一家“被動和耐心”的長期投資者，Craigmore在運(yùn)營方面處于領(lǐng)先地位，能夠滿足新西蘭對資本的需求，公司對此表示感謝。
“我認(rèn)為Craigmore給我們帶來的這種需求表明，新西蘭需要資金來支持這個發(fā)展迅速的行業(yè)，因?yàn)殚_發(fā)一公頃獼猴桃的成本非常高，所以大多數(shù)實(shí)體都做不到。
“因此，我們很高興能夠加入并滿足這一需求，特別是考慮到我相信加布里埃爾颶風(fēng)之后和幾年前發(fā)生的一些破壞，這確實(shí)造成了某種資本缺口?！?br /> 他說，農(nóng)田保護(hù)區(qū)不打算在新西蘭設(shè)立慈善機(jī)構(gòu)。

▲在獼猴桃果園參觀的客人

Craigmore will manage the new orchard
Around half of the “partially-developed” 45-hectare property was planted in SunGold, and orchard manager Craigmore Sustainables planned to plant a further 17 hectares in the variety.
Chief executive, Che Charteris said it was essential to use offshore investment with partners that shared the same values, in face of limited domestic capital.
克雷格莫爾將管理新果園
“部分開發(fā)”的45公頃土地中約有一半種植在SunGold，果園經(jīng)理Craigmore Sustainables計(jì)劃再種植17公頃。
首席執(zhí)行官Che Charteris表示，面對有限的國內(nèi)資本，與價(jià)值觀相同的合作伙伴進(jìn)行離岸投資至關(guān)重要。

▲清晨開始采獼猴桃花蕾

“So it will be in the end about 37.5 to 38 hectares of SunGold kiwifruit orchard under canopy with good frost protection, good irrigation and hopefully some very good crops for the year to come.”
Charteris said kiwifruit orchard development was expenditure-heavy and could cost anywhere between $200,000 – $800,000 a hectare.
He said Farmland Reserve understood the long term nature of the asset and the social community aspects that come with land ownership.
“因此，最終將有約37.5至38公頃的SunGold獼猴桃園，有良好的防凍保護(hù)、良好的灌溉，希望來年能有一些非常好的作物。”
查特里斯表示，獼猴桃園的開發(fā)支出很大，每公頃的成本可能在20萬至80萬美元之間。
他說，農(nóng)田保護(hù)區(qū)了解資產(chǎn)的長期性質(zhì)以及土地所有權(quán)帶來的社會社區(qū)方面。

▲SunGold獼猴桃園

“Farmland Reserve are long term in their thinking, so it’s good to have that patient capital, that is willing to to rely on New Zealand expertise.

“It’s a really good example of how New Zealand can utilise the right kind of offshore capital in a way that values local expertise and local influence and control without, limiting ourselves just to domestic capital.”

Charteris said it could be hard to find money to re-invest in farms locally, and relying only on domestic capital would see growth opportunities missed.

“New Zealand unfortunately just has a really small pool of domestic capital.

“As you can see with the latest GDP figures in New Zealand, we’re not really going anywhere at the moment. But the rural sector is humming.

“The scale of the opportunity for rural New Zealand is so great that we need to find ways of working with the right kind of offshore capital to nail these sorts of opportunities.”

Charteris said Craigmore was set up to attract “better equity capital” into the country to harness opportunities, create jobs locally and boost regional economies.

Craigmore managed more than 38,000 hectares of farmland in horticulture, dairy farms and forestry across Aotearoa.

▲充分授粉的紅心獼猴桃

“在他們看來，農(nóng)田儲備是長期的，所以有耐心的資本是件好事，愿意依靠新西蘭的專業(yè)知識。
“這是一個很好的例子，說明新西蘭如何以重視當(dāng)?shù)貙I(yè)知識和當(dāng)?shù)赜绊懥涂刂频姆绞嚼谜_的離岸資本，而不局限于國內(nèi)資本?！?br /> 查特里斯表示，可能很難找到資金在當(dāng)?shù)刂匦峦顿Y農(nóng)場，只依靠國內(nèi)資本將錯失增長機(jī)會。
“不幸的是，新西蘭的國內(nèi)資本池非常小。
“正如你從新西蘭最新的國內(nèi)生產(chǎn)總值數(shù)據(jù)中看到的那樣，我們目前并沒有真正去任何地方。但農(nóng)村部門正在蓬勃發(fā)展。
“新西蘭農(nóng)村的機(jī)會規(guī)模如此之大，我們需要找到與合適的離岸資本合作的方法來抓住這些機(jī)會?！?br /> Charteris表示，Craigmore的成立是為了吸引“更好的股權(quán)資本”進(jìn)入該國，以利用機(jī)會，在當(dāng)?shù)貏?chuàng)造就業(yè)機(jī)會，促進(jìn)區(qū)域經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展。
Craigmore在奧特亞羅瓦州管理著38000多公頃的園藝、奶牛場和林業(yè)農(nóng)田。

▲獼猴桃花粉活力檢測

The Church’s NZ footprint
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Trust Board was a registered charity to provide religious services across dozens of sites scattered throughout New Zealand.

Charity register documents showed the Church made a surplus of $23.3 million in the year to 31 December last year, and owned $517.4m in property, plants and equipment and $10m in investment property.

StatsNZ census data showed more than 54,000 people identified as members of the church in 2023.

教會在新西蘭的足跡
耶穌基督后期圣徒教會信托委員會是一個注冊慈善機(jī)構(gòu)，在新西蘭各地的數(shù)十個地點(diǎn)提供宗教服務(wù)。
慈善登記文件顯示，截至去年12月31日，教會的盈余為2330萬美元，擁有5.174億美元的不動產(chǎn)、廠房和設(shè)備以及1000萬美元的投資性房地產(chǎn)。
新西蘭統(tǒng)計(jì)局的人口普查數(shù)據(jù)顯示，2023年有超過54000人被確認(rèn)為教會成員。

▲SunGold獼猴桃園