Finance
Parliament to probe rural banking
Parliament announces that it is kicking off an investigation into rural banking.
Stock options widen as financing market grows
Hugh Stringleman compares offers in a market where farmers are increasingly turning to specialised finance to fund livestock trades.
‘Valuable’ advice fund coming to an end
Facility has helped scores of financially stressed farmers stay in business.
Bank survey sets all the wrong records
With the industry going through tough times, Federated Farmers encourages farmers to ensure they maintain detailed up-to-date budgets.
Farm loan options to grow your business
In the current farming climate, farmers and growers across the world are facing an onslaught of rising costs…
NZD weakness lifts prices tide
New Zealand commodity prices in United States dollars have fallen 10% since their peak in March but in…
New loan requires less gas and more care
The loan is also the first of its type to come in under the Sustainable Agriculture Finance Initiative (SAFI) outlines.
Businesses need credit access to grow
Where are the champions for the business sector or the farming community when it comes to access to credit? These are sectors that define the income-generating capacity of the economy, yet difficulty accessing credit receives little attention.
How much money is too much?
JUST when you thought there were enough things to trouble you and worry about, an old foe has reemerged from the woodwork.
Workshops aim to improve farmers’ financial literacy
Financial skills workshops being run around the country by Rabobank aim to provide farmers with practical knowledge to help them better understand financial statements and banking requirements.
Loan landscape shifts for rural bankers
Farmers can expect farm lending in the future to be a more complex affair as climate change, nutrient and water regulations make lending decisions more than a simple cashflow exercise.
Allied Farmers taps high stock prices
Allied Farmers has reported an unaudited, consolidated net profit of $1.438 million for the first half of the 2022 financial year, up from $1.18m in the previous corresponding period.
No end in sight for rising costs
IT APPEARS we have not seen the end of inflation, which has just hit a 30-year high.
New lending rules could benefit sector
New lending rules wreaking havoc on residential borrowers have not had any noticeable impact on farm lending and could even spur the banks to look favourably again at the sector after a lean couple of years.
High costs here to stay
The high cost pressures that are hitting the primary sector are expected to continue for the immediate future, DairyNZ says.
Rising costs eroding product returns
Inflated labour and fertiliser costs are eroding historically high primary sector product returns, ANZ says.
Inflation stalks NZ agriculture
The inflationary thief is active in New Zealand and it is not clear whether it will be transitory or more persistent, independent economist Cameron Bagrie says.
Galloping on-farm inflation
Input prices for producers increased by 7% in the 12 months to the end of September, Statistics New Zealand has reported.
Costs wave to break over farming
A one-and-a-half percent rise in interest rates over the next year will be a large component of rapidly rising on-farm inflation.
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