- Farmer sentiment is down across the country
- It's being put down to rising input costs and disease concerns
- But there's still optimism with a quarter of farmers wanting to increase their investment
"We've also seen the cost of inputs whether that be interest rates, fertiliser, and access to inputs rising."
"Confidence — it's a point in time so there's volatility in that index itself,"he explained.
"We've been able to purchase a couple more bulls to take that operation into the future,"she said.
"I think that goes to that longer-term trend and you've got farmers with very strong balance sheets."