Despite predictions of stagflation, Australia’s rural industries don’t need to panic – yet

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There are three things agricultural businesses need to watch carefully in 2022: Australian interest rates, the US economy, and China’s lockdowns

in normal, pre-Covid times. Paying above the award provides no guarantee to finding suitable workers and with so many alternative jobs available, people just don’t fancy toiling among pig poo.

The food system in the 1970s was heavily reliant on fossil fuels, not unlike today. Vast amounts of oil and gas are crucial inputs for the production of fertiliser, chemicals and fuels. But farm values have also been surging in Australia, encouraged by record-low borrowing levels. The median price of agricultural land across Australia lifted 20% during 2021 to rest a fraction above $7,000 a hectare.

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