NAB’s Quarterly Agribusiness Survey covers economic and business conditions in Australia’s post farm gate agribusiness sector.

Post farm gate business conditions pull back in early 2012

• Post farm gate business conditions fall on lower product prices, availability of materials and labour, falling export sales
• Medium term expectations pull back as recent results see sector become increasingly cautious
• But excess capacity easing with a solid improvement in the capacity utilisation rate, solid farm production outlook could see recent gains consolidated

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• Quarterly Agribusiness Survey – March 2012 (PDF 1MB)