Carbon tax
OPINION: A group of University of Auckland academics claim a carbon tax is the most effective way for New Zealand to cut emissions while supporting a stable economy.
OPINION: New Zealand needs a rethink about how banks allocate capital.
The founding director of NZ Agri Brokers, Andrew Laming, reckons the banking structure massively favours lending to housing, at the expense of the productive sectors, particularly agribusiness.
Between 2018-2024, lending to housing grew 45.54% while lending to agri grew 3.44%.
He says, put plainly, over the last 6 years, the main banks collectively advanced an extra $11 billion to housing and just $2 billion to agri.
"These structural issues also make lending to agri (& business) more expensive (the margins are almost double in agri on average and in some cases can be higher), even though agri lending losses are actually very low. This is a massive fiscal drag on the NZ productive sectors."
A shake-up of the banking sector's priorities is long overdue!
Biosecurity New Zealand says test results to date from a small free-range layer chicken farm near Dunedin are negative for avian influenza.
ANZ agricultural economist Susan Kilsby is describing the 2024-25 dairy season as ‘a cracker’.
How much shade and shelter do our sheep need in an era of more extreme weather and the lack of natural shelter on farms?
Fonterra has unveiled a net profit of $263 million for the first quarter of its 2024-25 financial year.
Biosecurity New Zealand has reported no signs of disease on other chicken farms operated by Mainland Poultry in Otago, however testing and monitoring work continues.
The Canterbury Growers Society will soon be seeking sponsorship for a new regional young grower competition, after an absence of several years.
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