Farming survey: Recovery finally making impact in rural regions

The positive effects of the economic recovery may finally be finding its way into rural areas with fewer people disagreeing that it has benefitted them and their family.

While 43% of respondents agreed that the economic recovery has benefitted me and my family — including 10% who strongly agreed — 30% disagreed with the statement.

However, in last year’s poll that figure stood at 40%, and the 2017 poll is the first time a decline of that nature has been noted in the three years of asking the question.