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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
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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...

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