Many farmers are now facing a future in which it is much harder to make a living off the land. AAP Image/Dan Peled October 11, 2018 Farmers’ climate denial begins to wane as reality bites Sarah Ann Wheeler, University of Adelaide and Céline Nauges, Inrae A decade ago, only a third of farmers accepted the science of climate change. But surveys show attitudes have shifted in recent years as the farming community begins to confront what the future holds.