Why it pays to bank on agriculture - even in a drought

Andrew Marshall
Updated November 8 2019 - 4:12pm, first published 6:30am
Rabobank's southern Queensland and northern NSW regional manager, Brad James, says borrowers are generally handling the difficult conditions remarkably well.
Rabobank's southern Queensland and northern NSW regional manager, Brad James, says borrowers are generally handling the difficult conditions remarkably well.

For many long-suffering farmers, seasonal conditions are now far worse than the bad years of the Millennium drought, yet despite all that hardship, the farm sector is generally coping with the challenges far better than a decade ago.

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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