Jacqueline Rowarth: DairyNZ Board Member on farmer confidence reaching its second highest point in the last decade
The Mike Hosking Breakfast · Newstalk ZB
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Show Notes
There's an expectation farmer confidence will stay high as long as commodity prices stay up.
The latest Rabobank survey's found farmers' faith in the broader agricultural economy is at its second highest level in the last decade, up to 46%.
51% expect it to improve in the year ahead.
DairyNZ Board Member Jacqueline Rowarth told Mike Hosking the sector's cautiously positive, as trade may change at any time.
But she says New Zealand is the best producer of essential amino acids at the lowest environmental impact, so our meat and milk is wanted.
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