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Farmers are on hand to provide a listening ear to other farmers experiencing issues with topics ranging from marriage breakup to succession through Life Focus.
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A farmer's openness on the reasons for missed payments is needed for lenders to look past poor credit ratings, lenders have said.
Farmers in Kilkenny on Monday night were scathing of the number of branch closures around the country in recent times.
Chris Nolan AIB agri advisor for Kilkenny, Tipperary and Waterford spoke about interest rates at IFA's farm finance meeting in Kilkenny recently.
AIB, Bank of Ireland, PTSB and the credit unions made presentations at a meeting for farmers who want to transfer merchant/co-op and contractor debt into structured bank credit.
The wider agricultural sector must shoulder some of the volatility and pressure on margins currently felt by farmers, the IFA's president has said.
AIB, Bank of Ireland and PTSB will be attending the meetings to talk to farmers.
