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Farmer confidence improves marginally

AUSTRALIAN farmer confidence has improved marginally thanks to easing concerns about commodity prices and input costs, however it remains in negative territory overall with worries about interest rates and the dry start to the season curbing confidence in some states.

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 Rabobank group executive for Country Banking Australia, Marcel van Doremaele. Image courtesy Rabobank.

Rabobank group executive for Country Banking Australia, Marcel van Doremaele. Image courtesy Rabobank.

After dropping to the lowest level since late 2018 in the first quarter of the year, the latest quarterly Rabobank Rural Confidence Survey released this week found national confidence has improved from...

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