rural banking

The concept of equity in a farming context is well understood, and most agribusiness owners could knock up an approximate calculation of their equity on the back of an envelope pretty quickly. Equity is one [...]

I am sure many people have heard of the Regional Investment Corporation. For those who have not, it provides concessional rate loans for farmers who are going through some difficult circumstances, such as drought in [...]

Most farming businesses have a banking relationship. Some may have a closer connection than others, depending on the needs of the operation and the proactivity of the farmer and bank manager, or agri-broker. But as [...]

After the latest inflation results were published recently, there were a flurry of articles written about what this means to interest rates. The general consensus was that interest rates aren't coming down anytime soon. There [...]

Banks are an easy target for politicians and the media - in some cases for very good reason. The big four banks are huge companies, and very profitable. A look at the top 10 list [...]