Ag confidence chilled by coronavirus, but farmers still upbeat on outlook

Andrew Marshall
Updated April 15 2021 - 12:41am, first published June 15 2020 - 11:30am
Coronavirus sniffles suppress ag's bullish confidence
Coronavirus sniffles suppress ag's bullish confidence

The wool market slump, dairy trade jitters and frustrations about being banned from livestock and machinery sales have elevated farmers' concerns about coronavirus, taking some shine off the sector's earlier surging confidence levels.

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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