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OPINION: One of the strongest arguments for Act’s Treaty Principles Bill is probably its opponents’ total inability to raise a calm, cogent retort to it, other than intimidation and shouting the other side into silence.
OPINION: Adding to calls to get banks to 'back off', NZ Agri Brokers director Andrew Laming has revealed that 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 $111 billion to houing 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."
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.
OPINION: One of the strongest arguments for Act’s Treaty Principles Bill is probably its opponents’ total inability to raise a…
OPINION: Landcorp is putting a brave face on its latest result, highlighting its progress on KPIs like climate change and…