Rising product prices lift farmers’ mood

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Rising product prices lift farmers’ mood

Reading Time: 3 minutes Higher product prices have transformed farmer confidence, which a Federated Farmers survey says has reached a 10-year high. South Otago sheep and beef farmer Logan Wallace said after a miserable spring in the south, lamb prices are $25/head higher than last year, ewe prices are double and beef up to $1.50/kg better. Wallace said low interest rates and inflation have contributed to that sense of positivity, although many f…