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Who said bankers are bastards? Feds’ latest survey shows bankers are turning a sympathetic ear to farmers hit by the low payout.

Banks are providing much needed support to New Zealand’s dairy industry during this period of desperately low prices, say Federated Farmers.

KMPG's global head of agribusiness Ian Proudfoot believes the flow-on effects of the present dairy crisis could run into the next decade. 

THE COMMERCE Commission wants any remaining rural customers with concerns with the way that interest rate swaps were sold to them to come forward.

THE COMMERCE Commission has delayed filing proceedings against ANZ, ASB and Westpac over interest swaps because of the complexity of the case.

THE COMMERCE Commission's decision to issue legal proceedings against three major banks over their sales of interest rate swap contracts to rural customers is great news, says Damien O'Connor, Labour spokesperson for Primary Industries.

THE COMMERCE Commission is taking three major banks, ANZ, ASB and Westpac to court over the selling of interest swap contracts to rural customers.

The controversial issue of interest rate swaps should be examined by select committee, says Labour's Primary Industry spokesperson Damien O'Connor.

BANKS WILL need to support kiwifruit growers through a year to 18 months as they switch to Psa-V resistant varieties of gold kiwifruit, say growers representative Neil Trebilco.