Australia's Farmers: past, present and future

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This report examines trends in the demographic structure of Australia's farmer population for the period 1976 to 2001 and addresses a number of questions commonly asked about the future of the Australian farm sector.

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For users with a slow connection, the report has been split into the following sections for easier downloading:

• Cover, Contents, Acknowledgements and Summary (pdf 137Kb)
• Introduction (pdf 259Kb)
• Has the decline of the Australian farm population halted? (pdf 23 Kb)
• Entering farming (pdf 1Mb)
• Exiting Farming (pdf 584Kb)
• The new population structure of Australia's farm sector (pdf 17Kb)
• Modelling future Australian farmer populations (pdf 63Kb)
• Social changes and what can't be modelled (pdf 34Kb)
• Answers to some common questions (pdf 48 Kb)
• What will this mean for our capacity to protect the rural environment? (pdf 30Kb)
• References (pdf 32Kb)
• Appendices (pdf 1.4Mb)