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Listen to The Country online: Federated Farmers releases rural banking report cards

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24 Jul, 2025 01:39 AM2 mins to read

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Which bank got the best report card? Federated Farmers' new banking spokesman, Mark Hooper, reveals all on The Country today. Photo / 123RF

Which bank got the best report card? Federated Farmers' new banking spokesman, Mark Hooper, reveals all on The Country today. Photo / 123RF

Today on The Country radio show, host Jamie Mackay catches up with Federated Farmers’ new banking spokesman, Mark Hooper, to take a closer look at the Feds’ latest survey, which reveals how the biggest rural lenders are performing in the eyes of farmers.

On with the show:

Mark Hooper:

Federated Farmers’ new banking spokesman on the latest survey ranking the banks, which has revealed how the country’s biggest rural lenders are performing in the eyes of farmers, by ranking the banks from best to worst.

We also discuss the Commerce Commission’s dismissal of the Feds’ complaint on net-zero banking.

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Rhys Gardner:

We continue Innovation Week here on The Country with Herd-i.

Today we talk to the founder and chief executive of G-Factor - a virtual reality and graphics tech company that specialises in driver and rider training, particularly for quad bikes and side-by-sides.

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Craig Hickman and Duncan Humm:

Today’s Mid Canterbury-based dairy and deer farmer panel on the price of butter, and who should be paying for it?

Chris Russell:

Our Australian correspondent on a drought-breaking rain in the south, pasture pests taking over, the lifting of the US beef ban and the second Lions test at the MCG.

Jeremy Rookes:

The Country’s loquacious hobby farming correspondent fires a few shots in anger.

Or does he?

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