Foreign-Held U.S. Farmland · country dossier

Australia

Investors attributed to Australia reported holding 316K acres of US agricultural land as of 2024-12-31 — 0.67% of all foreign-held US farmland, across 274 holdings.

Acres (2024): 316,178
Share of foreign-held: 0.7%
Holdings: 274
Held as ownership: 60%

Fifteen-year trend

Reported Australia holdings grew from 112K acres in 2010 to 316K in 2024. Figures are reported holdings under AFIDA — self-reported minimums that include leases of ten years or longer.

Year	Reported acres
2024	316,178
2023	227,649
2022	230,734
2021	225,111
2020	182,097
2019	115,773
2018	83,020
2017	83,018
2016	81,558
2015	88,073
2014	88,000
2013	86,300
2012	112,313
2011	112,313
2010	112,142

Where, and what kind of land

Largest states

Oregon94,812 ac

Texas43,726 ac

Washington25,249 ac

Georgia21,986 ac

West Virginia18,666 ac

Michigan16,325 ac

Kentucky10,921 ac

New York10,494 ac

Land use (acres)

Forest186K

Cropland51K

Pasture18K

Other agricultural51K

Non-agricultural10K

Aggregated from the USDA FSA AFIDA detailed holdings files (public domain) — see the full dataset, methodology, and the register's documented defects at Foreign-Held U.S. Farmland. Country is the reported first-tier investor, not a verified ultimate parent. Aggregate-level only; no record-level owner names. Keyless JSON for all countries: /foreign-farmland/index.json. CC0.