Dwelling boom nonexistant

Brent Gloy Agricultural Economic Insights
Oct 17, 2017
Oct 17, 2017 Updated Oct 26, 2017

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A quick drive around the country during the farm boom seemed to suggest a rural building boom was underway. New machine sheds and farm residences – operator dwellings – seemed to bloom across the countryside.

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