Table A3.15 Farming outlook comparison of farmers who do and do not live in areas with off-farm modernisation works – Do you agree or disagree Southern Southern Southern Southern Southern Southern Southern Southern Southern Southern Southern Southern with the following irrigators irrigators irrigators Basin Basin Basin Basin Basin Basin Basin Basin Basin statements about your living in living in living in irrigators irrigators NOT irrigators NOT irrigators NOT irrigators NOT irrigators irrigators irrigators NOT irrigators NOT farming? SRWUIP SRWUIP SRWUIP living in living in living in living in living in living in living in living in living in SRWUIP SRWUIP SRWUIP SRWUIP SRWUIP SRWUIP SRWUIP SRWUIP SRWUIP area area area Disagree Neither Agree area area area area area area area dairy area area dairy – – – – agree/ n Disagree Neither Agree n farmers farmers farmers farmers disagree agree/ (n=198) (n=92) (n=204) (n=23) disagree % who agreed % who agreed % who agreed % who agreed I feel optimistic my 36% 21% 44% 278 28% 19% 53% 227 50% 32% 56% 32% farming future My farm business is under a 37% 16% 47% 280 53% 16% 31% 228 35% 68% 27% 64% lot of financial stress at the moment I am satisfied with my farm 30% 24% 46% 278 28% 19% 54% 228 48% 41% 55% 44% business performance
Table A3.15 Farming outlook – comparison of farmers who do and do not live in areas with off-farm modernisation works Do you agree or disagree with the following statements about your farming? Southern irrigators living in SRWUIP area Disagree Southern irrigators living in SRWUIP area Neither agree/ disagree Southern irrigators living in SRWUIP area Agree Southern Basin irrigators living in SRWUIP area n Southern Basin irrigators NOT living in SRWUIP area Disagree Southern Basin irrigators NOT living in SRWUIP area Neither agree/ disagree Southern Basin irrigators NOT living in SRWUIP area Agree Southern Basin irrigators NOT living in SRWUIP area n Southern Basin irrigators living in SRWUIP area – farmers (n=198) % who agreed Southern Basin irrigators living in SRWUIP area – dairy farmers (n=92) % who agreed Southern Basin irrigators NOT living in SRWUIP area – farmers (n=204) % who agreed Southern Basin irrigators NOT living in SRWUIP area – dairy farmers (n=23) % who agreed I feel optimistic my farming future 36% 21% 44% 278 28% 19% 53% 227 50% 32% 56% 32% My farm business is under a lot of financial stress at the moment 37% 16% 47% 280 53% 16% 31% 228 35% 68% 27% 64% I am satisfied with my farm business performance 30% 24% 46% 278 28% 19% 54% 228 48% 41% 55% 44%
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