One leading accountant and agri-business advisor fears the current downturn in the rural sector may be the worst recorded in recent memory.

Pita Alexander says there's been 11 financial downcycles impacting the sector since 1948, but this one is the worst.

The Country's Jamie Mackay says the dairy sector may have bottomed out- and the worst is yet to come for sheep farmers.

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One leading accountant and agri-business advisor fears the current downturn in the rural sector may be the worst recorded in recent memory.
Pita Alexander says there's been 11 financial downcycles impacting the sector since 1948, but this one is the worst.
The Country's Jamie Mackay says the dairy sector may have bottomed out- and the worst is yet to come for sheep farmers.
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