Green Shoots Finance

26/10/2026

Suncorp Bank customers – before you sign with ANZ, is your finance still competitive?

With Suncorp Bank transitioning to ANZ, it’s a timely reminder for business and agribusiness customers to review their existing banking arrangements.

If you’re being asked to sign new loan documents, or simply haven’t reviewed your facilities for a while, it’s worth making sure you’re still getting a competitive deal.

Having spent over 26 years working exclusively in agribusiness and commercial banking with Suncorp and ANZ across regional Queensland, I’ve seen firsthand how banks structure, price and negotiate their lending facilities.

These days, through Green Shoots Finance, I can put that experience to work for you.

I’m happy to review existing business and agribusiness lending arrangements with any bank, not just Suncorp or ANZ.

I’ll look at your interest rates, lending margins, fees, repayment structures and security arrangements to see how they compare with what’s currently available in the market.

And importantly, it’s not always about changing banks. Sometimes a review and a conversation with your existing lender is all that’s needed to negotiate a better outcome.

Shoot me a text or message and we can arrange a time to catch up at your place, whether that’s at the farm, your business or wherever suits you.

Ross Barker
Green Shoots Finance

Bringing banking back to the bush.

21/10/2026

A cracking sunset at Charleston Dam, Forsayth.

A few small scuds starting to roll through and a bit of green pick around the place. Hopefully a sign of what’s to come as we head towards the end of the year.

A good widespread drop of rain would be just the thing to get the country going. Fingers crossed there’s plenty more on the way!

03/09/2026

A few days on the road through Ravenshoe, Mt Garnet, down the Forty Mile, through Hughenden and across to Prairie and Torrens Creek.

It’s always worthwhile getting out on country and catching up with clients and people across the region. Great to see cattle looking exceptionally well and a strong body of feed across much of the country I travelled through. Plenty to be positive about.

A fair few kilometres covered, some spectacular country along the way, and a reminder of why we enjoy working with rural and regional businesses.

And after making the run back to Cairns today, I even managed to get home in time for the boys’ St Augustine’s Father’s Day assembly — a pretty good way to finish the trip.

Bringing banking back to the bush.

19/08/2026

🐂 RURAL PROPERTY OPPORTUNITY – INNISFAIL REGION

A 555-acre cattle property featuring reliable water, nine paddocks and two three-bedroom homes, located approximately 20km west of Innisfail.

Refer to Kennedy Rural’s original post and listing below for full details and enquiries.

If you’d like to discuss finance options, the Green Shoots Finance team is here to help.

View the full listing:
https://www.kennedyrural.com.au/properties/cattle-fattening-with-reliable-water-and-two-3-bedroom-homesteads/

11/07/2026

Another great weekend at the Oak Park Races! Proud to support Fashions on the Field through Green Shoots Finance and spend the day with family, clients and friends.

It was a pleasure presenting prizes and seeing the incredible effort everyone put into Fashions on the Field.

Country race meetings are about more than just the racing—they bring communities together and showcase the best of regional Australia.

Congratulations to all the winners, and a big thank you to the Oak Park Race Club and volunteers for putting on another fantastic event.

Looking forward to next year! 🏇🌿

Green Shoots Finance – Bringing Banking Back to the Bush.

Peter Roy Photography

23/06/2026

Another great trip out west visiting clients around Mt Surprise. A quick stop at Copperfield Gorge on the way through, where I could clearly see the black bream cruising around from the top.

One of the best parts of covering regional Queensland is getting to experience places like this while catching up with great people and businesses.

Made it back into Cairns with just 3 minutes to spare before my daughter’s dance performance — cutting it fine, but worth every kilometre.

13/06/2026

We’re proud to be supporting the Oak Park Race Club Classic Race Day as a sponsor of this year’s Fashions on the Field.

Country race days are a great opportunity to bring communities together and celebrate regional Australia. If you’re heading to Oak Park on Saturday 4 July, make sure you dress your best and enter for your chance to win some fantastic prizes.

We look forward to seeing everyone trackside. 🏇👗👔

Oak Park Race Club Classic Race Day – Fashions on the Field 👗 👔 🏇

Join us on Saturday 4 July for a fantastic day of racing, fashion and country hospitality.

We’re proud to have PVW Partners, Accountants & Advisors as the Major Sponsor of Saturday’s Fashions on the Field, helping make this event possible and supporting the amazing prizes up for grabs.

A special thank you also to our Premier Sponsors:

• The Ville Resort-Casino, Townsville
• P&E Law

And thank you to our valued prize sponsors:

• Global Free Style Lifestyle Fashion
• Eventide Hills Distillery
• Green Shoots Finance
• Reds Hair & Co.
• Jade Cosmetic Clinic, Cairns
• Kelly Louise Designs - Millinery
• Milva Carucci Designs
• Bundaberg Rum

FOTF Categories include Men’s, Women’s, Couples and Best Millinery, with amazing prizes up for grabs.

Classic Race Wear is the style of the day, so start planning your outfit now—we can’t wait to see what you bring to the track.

21/05/2026

A few days on the road through a few parts of God’s country visiting customers and catching up face to face. Great to see plenty of fuel in every town, with prices not much different to the bigger centres.

Smoke, rivers, cattle and sunsets — hard to beat this time of year out west. Safe travels to everyone out on the road.

19/05/2026

After a great wet, this is what you like to see.
Creeks flowing, country full of feed and cattle doing well. Pulled up here for a quick lunch stop and soaked it all in — doesn’t get much better than this out bush. 👌

04/05/2026

Recently advised to be going to auction, “Valley of Lagoons” near Greenvale presents ~39,000 hectares of well-regarded breeding, backgrounding and finishing country, supported by strong water security from the Burdekin River system, reliable rainfall, and quality infrastructure already in place. It’s a scale and calibre we don’t see come up often in North Queensland and worth a closer look for anyone considering expansion or a long-term position in the north. Full details here:

'Landmark Grazing Enterprise with Enduring Performance' - Listed by Ray White Geaney/Kirkwood