Table A4.7 Farming outlook comparison of Basin irrigators who have and have not sold/transferred entitlements to the government since 2008 – Do you or disagree with the Basin irrigators Basin Basin Basin Basin Basin irrigators Basin irrigator Basin irrigator Basin irrigator Basin irrigator following statements about your irrigators who who reported irrigators who irrigators who irrigators who irrigators who irrigators who who reported who had not who had not who had not who had not farming? reported they they had SOLD reported they reported they reported they reported they reported they they had sold or sold or sold or sold or had SOLD entitlements had SOLD had SOLD had had had TRANSFERRED transferred transferred transferred transferred entitlements to the entitlements entitlements TRANSFERRED TRANSFERRED TRANSFERRED entitlements entitlements entitlements entitlements entitlements to the government to the to the entitlements entitlements entitlements to the to the to the to the to the government Neither agree/ government government to the to the to the government government government government government Disagree disagree Agree n government government government n Disagree Neither agree/ Agree n Disagree Neither agree/ Agree disagree disagree I feel optimistic my farming 32% 18% 50% 72 29% 21% 50% 76 30% 19% 51% 399 future My farm business is under a lot 43% 17% 40% 72 35% 16% 49% 77 48% 16% 36% 399 of financial stress at the moment I am satisfied with my farm 28% 21% 51% 72 22% 26% 51% 76 26% 21% 53% 399 business performance
Table A4.7 Farming outlook – comparison of Basin irrigators who have and have not sold/transferred entitlements to the government since 2008 Do you or disagree with the following statements about your farming? Basin irrigators who reported they had SOLD entitlements to the government Disagree irrigators who reported they had SOLD entitlements to the government Neither agree/ disagree Basin irrigators who reported they had SOLD entitlements to the government Agree Basin irrigators who reported they had SOLD entitlements to the government n Basin irrigators who reported they had TRANSFERRED entitlements to the government Disagree Basin irrigators who reported they had TRANSFERRED entitlements to the government Neither agree/ disagree Basin irrigators who reported they had TRANSFERRED entitlements to the government Agree irrigators who reported they had TRANSFERRED entitlements to the government n Basin irrigator who had not sold or transferred entitlements to the government Disagree Basin irrigator who had not sold or transferred entitlements to the government Neither agree/ disagree Basin irrigator who had not sold or transferred entitlements to the government Agree Basin irrigator who had not sold or transferred entitlements to the government n I feel optimistic my farming future 32% 18% 50% 72 29% 21% 50% 76 30% 19% 51% 399 My farm business is under a lot of financial stress at the moment 43% 17% 40% 72 35% 16% 49% 77 48% 16% 36% 399 I am satisfied with my farm business performance 28% 21% 51% 72 22% 26% 51% 76 26% 21% 53% 399
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