Who owns Australia’s farms? Nation’s biggest landholders of 2018
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Who owns Australia’s farms?
That’s the question many are asking as strong demand for prime Australian agricultural land sends property prices skyrocketing.
The Weekly Times has compiled a list of more than 900 properties, and their owners, who range from family farms to domestic and international corporate and investment institutions.
The result? The big are getting bigger.
While partly Chinese-owned Outback Beef is Australia’s biggest landholder, with its S Kidman and Co properties spanning more than eight million hectares, investment companies such as the US-backed TIAA-CREF are also building on their investments in prime agriculture company with its portfolio now covering more than 235,000ha of cropping land.
The list provides a platform for debate about investment in Australian agriculture.
Where is it needed and where should it come from?