AgForce CEO Mike Guerin
(Photo: AgForce)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nAgForce CEO Michael Guerin – a former executive at Elders and ANZ – supports the underlying intent of Royal Commission recommendations which aim to ensure banks involved in rural lending demonstrate fairness, compassion, patience and knowledge of the industry.<\/strong><\/p>\nHe said these much-needed reforms were critical to ensure recovery from natural disasters, continued strong growth in the sector and to safeguard the livelihoods of farmers.<\/p>\n
“We hope both the Government and Opposition will now demonstrate the leadership and strength of character to commit to their implementation,” Mr Guerin said.<\/p>\n
“It is impossible to overstate the importance to the future of this sector of farmers being able to have confidence in our banking sector.”<\/p>\n
Nationally, the agriculture industry has a target of increasing farmgate production to $100 billion annually by 2030, a significant 33 per cent increase on current levels.<\/p>\n
“To achieve this stretch goal, we need to have a transparent, fair, consistent and collaborative relationship with the banking sector and the essential services it provides,” Mr Guerin said.<\/p>\n
“Debt financing is critical to the Queensland agriculture industry. Without good access to fair debt finance, many farmers would not be able to finance investment in their property or maintain working capital.”<\/strong><\/p>\nNationally, 96 per cent of agricultural lending is with banks.<\/p>\n
“In particular, we support the establishment of a national farm debt mediation scheme to ensure co-operative resolution of financial problems as they arise, with access for farmers to affordable professional support to negotiate the best outcome,” he said.<\/p>\n
“We strongly support an end to the charging of default interest when there is no reasonable prospect of recovering the amount charged. This practice has been the source of much angst for farmers with failing loans.<\/p>\n
“Increased transparency around asset valuation processes is also important to ensure the fair value of assets, including property and equipment, is realised if it has to be sold.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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