Farmland returns up 15.9pc as hort, broadacre values defy dry

Andrew Marshall
Updated March 13 2018 - 7:43pm, first published March 12 2018 - 5:30pm
Strong demand for both developed assets and suitable greenfield planting sites in the horticultural sector have lifted land values.
Strong demand for both developed assets and suitable greenfield planting sites in the horticultural sector have lifted land values.

Strong demand for permanent cropping properties – notably avocado, citrus and nut orchards – fuelled an 11.3 per cent jump in land values monitored by the Australian Farmland Index in 2017.

Andrew Marshall

Andrew Marshall

National agribusiness writer

Andrew Marshall is the group agribusiness writer for ACM's state agricultural weeklies and websites. He is a former editor at The Land and has worked in various Rural Press group roles in Canberra, North Richmond (NSW) and Toowoomba (Qld).

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