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Bank’s assistance package for flood-hit farmers
ANZ has announced an assistance package to help the farming community affected by North Island flooding to get their farms and businesses back to full production.
Banks supporting drought-hit farmers
Most major banks are offering some assistance for drought stricken farmers.
$6/kgMs or better
Dairy markets remain finely balanced but with most of the season’s product sold, farmgate milk price is expected to hold above $6/kgMS.
More rural bank closures
A dairy farmer and mayor of a town hit by a double whammy of bank branch closures says the loss of a bank can change the perception of vibrancy and wealth in a rural town.
Farmers on cusp of unprecedented change
KPMG's Ian Proudfoot says significant change is coming to New Zealand's primary sector and "farmers that ignore it do it at their peril".
Bankers’ warning for kiwifruit
Major farming sector lender ANZ is closely watching the rising price of farmland.
‘Unprecedented’ opportunity for agri
New Zealand agriculture faces a period of unprecedented opportunity and change," says Mark Hiddleston, managing director ANZ Commercial & Agri.
Gut feel not enough
Dairy farmers with a detailed understanding of their businesses are in the best position to reduce costs, improve efficiency and ride out the dairy downturn.
Good weather casts shadow over 2016-17
Golbal milk price recovery could be "slow and painful", with doubts now cast over when the turnaround may come in the next season.
Banks extend a helping hand
'Talk to your banks' is the message to South Island farmers facing continued drought conditions from the New Zealand Bankers' Association (NZBA).
