One of the tried and true adages of investment is that if everyone agrees that something is a sure bet, then the chances are that it's time to sell! Hopefully this adage will be proved wrong in the case of agriculture, which suddenly seems to be the hot tip as a good investment. Perhaps this is because a lot of other investment classes are looking pretty uncertain at present. View the rest of the post here

The ABS has released the results of a survey conducted to discover the extent of foreign ownership of farm land and agricultural businesses in Australia. While the data is a useful start, it really highlights the inadequacies of ABS data collection for agriculture in Australia. View the rest of the post here

The debate about whether Australia should allow 'foreigners' to own agricultural land has reached fever pitch this past week, highlighting that in the absence of sound data, such debates generate a lot of heat but not much light! View the rest of the post here