Farmland in ireland has risen an awful lot in the last 10 years driven mainly i think by the property boom. The average price of farmland in ireland is now at least 16,000 euros an acre, the most expensive in europe. However farmland values wordwide have been rising since 2000 although at a much slower rate than ireland's, they now seem to be underpinned by rising commodities. If the housing bubble bursts and if there is a credit crunch do people think that this will cause farmland values in ireland to be adversely affected, or will they continue to be buoyed by rising farmland values worldwide and commodities, despite a potential bursting housing bubble.