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ABARES Outlook 2026 - a forum to exchange and test ideas

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  • Farming

Tickets are now on sale for ABARES Outlook 2026, the Bureau’s flagship annual conference taking…

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Record highs as ag, fish and forestry sectors crack $100 billion

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  • ABARES

Australia’s agriculture, fisheries and forestry production is expected to hit a record combined…

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New data confirms broadacre farmland prices have levelled off

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  • Farming

Broadacre farmland prices across Australia have continued their plateau for a second straight year…

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The road to reform: How developed countries can repurpose agricultural support

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  • Agriculture

Australia’s successful agricultural policy reforms show policy makers in developed countries a…

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ABARES releases interim findings of review into chicken meat industry

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  • Farming

Today ABARES released its interim findings into the review of Australia’s chicken meat industry.

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Farm lending reaches $131 billion in 2023-24

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  • ABARES

Aggregate lending to the farm sector rose 6% in 2023-24, according to the latest figures released…

ABARES 80th anniversary

Celebrating 80 years of agricultural research

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  • ABARES

The Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) today celebrates…

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Report offers insights into crop loss and waste on Australian horticultural farms

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  • Agriculture

The average percentage of crop loss or waste per Australian horticultural farm dropped in 2023-24…

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Productivity growth for broadacre weakens

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  • ABARES

Broadacre productivity growth has slowed over the last financial year, but the slowdown is…

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