Ag’s land sale values leap 9.3pc

Andrew Marshall
Updated May 17 2017 - 6:32am, first published May 15 2017 - 7:00am
FarmBuy Real Estate
More than 230,000 commercial farm transactions accounted for 278 million hectares of farmland sold Australia-wide in 2016, worth a combined value of $132 billion.
More than 230,000 commercial farm transactions accounted for 278 million hectares of farmland sold Australia-wide in 2016, worth a combined value of $132 billion.

Last year was a big one for Australia’s rebounding farmland prices, with median settlement values rising 9.3 per cent to almost double the gains achieved in 2015.

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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