RIC's cheap loans push banks, farmers to rethink drought help

Andrew Marshall
Updated June 12 2019 - 7:31am, first published June 11 2019 - 7:30am
Banks, farmers review cheap loan help as RIC lending hits $135m
Banks, farmers review cheap loan help as RIC lending hits $135m

Cheap, long-term loans from the federal government's new Regional Investment Corporation are giving drought-hit farmers some useful finance options and bargaining strength as banks review their help deals with customers.

Andrew Marshall

Andrew Marshall

National agribusiness writer

Andrew Marshall is the group agribusiness writer for ACM's state agricultural weeklies and websites. He is a former editor at The Land and has worked in various Rural Press group roles in Canberra, North Richmond (NSW) and Toowoomba (Qld).

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