PHOTO: Some landholders see the impact of recent floods as a sign to move on.
“We have had some people tell us that they are considering leaving their property and starting again somewhere else,” said David Galloway Executive Officer from the Rural Financial Counselling Service (RFCS).
Speaking to the Western Plains App, Galloway said people in the region had endured multiple natural disasters leaving some of them so emotionally exhausted they were considering leaving the region and/or farming.
“I think the impact on mental health and well-being was particularly hard on those who then went straight into harvest,” he told the Western Plains App.
“Then of course there is their financial position. We have calculated that the average cost to a farmer from the floods is in excess of a million…