After stashing away record savings, farmers are spending up

Andrew Marshall
Updated September 21 2017 - 9:05am, first published 6:30am
ANZ Banking Group’s Wee Waa agribusiness manager Ann-Maree Galagher discussing upbeat borrowing inquiries at last month's AgQuip field days with NSW head of regional business banking, Stuart Hancock.
ANZ Banking Group’s Wee Waa agribusiness manager Ann-Maree Galagher discussing upbeat borrowing inquiries at last month's AgQuip field days with NSW head of regional business banking, Stuart Hancock.

Successive years of high livestock returns have enabled farmers to slash debts and push their cash reserves to unprecedented highs as they seize the chance to future-proof their finances.

Andrew Marshall

Andrew Marshall

National agribusiness writer

Andrew Marshall is the group agribusiness writer for ACM's state agricultural weeklies and websites. He is a former editor at The Land and has worked in various Rural Press group roles in Canberra, North Richmond (NSW) and Toowoomba (Qld).

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