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18 January 2025
Dry spring drives dip in farmer sentiment

NEW South Wales farmers are ending the year on a less optimistic note, after a dry spring in parts of the state saw rural confidence lose ground after rallying in the previous quarter, the latest Rabobank Rural Confidence Survey has found.

This comes despite a bumper harvest in northern NSW, though with mixed results for grain growers in the rest of the state.

Farmers expressed heightened worries a...

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