Farming survey: Farmers’ optimism falls about the future of industry

While overall levels of optimism have rebounded this year to the same extent as two years ago, at 72%, just 20% said they were very optimistic versus 52% who said they were slightly optimistic.
Five years ago, 38% of farmers polled said they were very optimistic about the future. Nevertheless, almost three quarters of those polled this year expressed some level of optimism, versus 15% who expressed any pessimism.