Westpac’s rural economist comments on the worrying fall in lamb prices, a potential drop in tonight’s GDT auction, whether we can expect a change in the OCR on November 29, and why rising unemployment is a good thing.
Dr Jacqueline Rowarth:
One of our leading farming academics, and someone who has spent a lifetime in learning, agrees that education is very much the ambulance at the top of the cliff, but also that an academic qualification should qualify you for something.
Peter Flannery:
Southland-based farm consultant, specialising in business coaching and governance, who has written an excellent paper on “The Current Farming Profitability Squeeze”, particularly focusing on the downturn in sheep farming.
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