Farmers remain optimistic

THE Victorian Farmers Federation says it’s too early to predict the yields and prices broadacre farmers will receive this year.The Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) is predicting the gross value of the nation’s farm production to drop by 4.6 per cent to $59.9 billion in 2017–18.That follows last year’s record-breaking […]

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