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Farm Price Inflation Cooling

2 items · 2 aliases · peaked week of 5 Apr 2026 · first seen 7 May 2026

The podcast discusses key economic and policy shifts affecting New Zealand farmers, including tax proposals, rising land prices, and the cancellation of a major inland rail project, highlighting concerns over rural economic sustainability and government prioritisation.

Volume by source orientation Methodology →

Stacked weekly counts; colour by lean. “n/a” covers government and iwi-Māori sources where lean isn't applicable.

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How this topic has been named, week by week. A new alias winning out is usually a framing shift.

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Heard on radio

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  • Chris Russell the-country The Country 07/05/26: Chris Russell talks to Jamie Mackay 7 May · 53s
    Yes, well, that's something which I think that people are surprised about, but there is in fact quite a low growth, but there's about six million hectares of farmland was bought and sold last year, and farm prices rose about 2.8%, and they're saying that we're now looking at a national medium price, which is a record of $10,516 per hectare. heck dare so that's quite a lot of money but it's now showing clear signs of cooling the demand is going down and I think people are a bit more feeling under pressure we've got this El Nino potentially we've got all sorts of other factors which may mean this is not quite as good a year but nonetheless $10,000 a hectare I can remember you know when I was a young fellow if you providing you were happy to live in the outback you could pick up a country for 10 or 20 dollars an acre
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Sample framings

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the-country Government / N-A

signs of market strain and reduced growth

The Country 07/05/26: Chris Russell talks to Jamie Mackay
7 May
the-country Government / N-A

past inflation spikes highlight ongoing cost of living pressures

The Country 07/04/26: Kate Acland talks to Jamie Mackay
7 Apr
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