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The 2025-26 season is set to start on a high and a $10/kgMS opening forecast milk price isn't being ruled out.

Published in General News
Friday, 04 April 2025 08:29

Global trade war 'bad news for NZ'

A global trade war beckons, which is bad news for a small open economy like New Zealand, warns Mark Smith ASB senior economist.

Published in General News
Tuesday, 25 March 2025 10:55

Opportunities in food, fibre sector

ASB's new head of food and fibre, Kristen Ashby, believes that there’s “heaps of opportunity” in the agriculture sector.

Published in General News

Dairy and beef farmers could be eligible for lower interest lending options for financing Halter on their farms, with ANZ, ASB and BNZ now offering a pathway to sustainability loans for New Zealand’s largest virtual fencing provider.

Published in Agribusiness
Tuesday, 28 January 2025 08:55

$10.25/kgMS milk price now in play

A significant rise in Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction last week has prompted one bank to lift its forecast milk price for the season to above Fonterra's mid-point.

Published in General News
Tuesday, 21 January 2025 13:55

$10 milk price still on

Whole milk powder prices on Global Dairy Trade (GDT) remains above long run averages and a $10/kgMS milk price for the season remains on the card, says ASB senior economist Chris Tennent-Brown.

Published in General News
Tuesday, 17 December 2024 07:55

Feds, banks lock horns

Major rural lenders are welcoming a call by farmers for the Commerce Commission to investigate their net-zero emissions target.

Published in General News
Wednesday, 13 November 2024 08:55

ASB joins NZ Dairy awards' national sponsor family

The New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards has added ASB Bank to its national sponsor family.

Published in General News
Tuesday, 15 October 2024 10:25

Too little, too late

OPINION: Economists, in their usual excitable tones, have, for a while now, been openly questioning the Reserve Bank’s glacially slow reaction to the recessionary economic conditions we’re all drowning in.

Published in Milking It
Friday, 04 October 2024 16:17

$9.20 milk price forecast!

ASB has become the first bank to forecast a milk price above $9/kgMS for this season.

Published in General News
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