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Farmers optimism dashed but ag outlook remains strong

03/01/2022 by Western Plains App

Photo: Farmer optimism dipped with damaging rain and flooding but the outlook for the sector remains strong

Harvest efforts in northern NSW faced an onslaught of interruptions this year, with each opportunity to put the header back into gear quickly halted by fresh rain, high moisture, or bogged vehicles.

The flooding events of late 2021 are a disaster that came on the back of a spring/summer turn to La Nina, and saw all time high optimism from farmers plunge downwards at the same rate as their degraded crops. 

 

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