Ag production dips - temporarily - to $59b as growth trends steady

Andrew Marshall
Updated March 6 2018 - 8:18am, first published 7:00am
Outlook 2018 shows ag’s big earnings surge slowing
Outlook 2018 shows ag’s big earnings surge slowing

Poor global grain prices and a seasonally-stressed national grain harvest will wipe five per cent off the gross value of Australia’s farm production this financial year, but farmers are still expected to reap historically solid average incomes in 2017-18.

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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