Farm performance jumps 24pc on new investment index

Andrew Marshall
Updated November 14 2016 - 5:04pm, first published 11:30am
Australian Farmland Index co-ordinator, Frank Delahunty, expects the new performance index to cover farms worth a total of about $1.5 billion within 12 months.
Australian Farmland Index co-ordinator, Frank Delahunty, expects the new performance index to cover farms worth a total of about $1.5 billion within 12 months.

A newly launched index of the profitability of Australian farming investments has jumped to 23.9 per cent jump for the June quarter.

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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