Australian farmer confidence has improved marginally thanks to easing concerns about commodity prices and input costs. However, it remains in negative territory overall. The latest quarterly Rabobank Rural Confidence Survey, released on Sept. 13, saw confidence lift nationally from -25 percent in the first quarter of 2023 (the lowest level since late 2018) to now sit at -22 percent. While around half of the farmers expected no change to how the Australian agricultural economy would perform in the next 12 months, about 13 percent expected conditions to improve (up from 11 percent in the previous survey) and slightly less expected conditions to worsen (35 percent, down from 36 percent previously)....Read more https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/farmers-more-positive-as-commodity-prices-rise-5491370