Australian farmland values are at lofty heights. Research reveals this could be hurting some farmers
- Written by Amir Arjomandi, Associate Professor of Economics, School of Business, University of Wollongong

Over recent decades, farmland values in Australia have soared. Nationally, the price of broadacre farmland – used for cropping or sheep and beef grazing – has increased by more than eightfold since 1992.
It might seem like this could only be good news for those who own and operate farms. But this boom carries surprising...