Farm sales and prices ease on year June but horticulture farms shine

Farm sales and prices ease on year June but horticulture farms shine
Rebecca Howard
By Rebecca Howard July 19 (BusinessDesk) - Farm sales fell 7 percent on the year in the three months to June and the median price per hectare was down 16.3 percent although horticulture farm prices continued to push higher, according to the Real Estate Institute. Overall, 427 farms were sold in the three months ended June 30 from 459 farms in the same period a year earlier. Some 1,480 farms were sold in the year to June, down 17 percent on the year.  The median price per hectare for all farms sold in the three months to June 2018 was $...