Alliance has faith in world market
Alliance has faith in world market
Alliance Group expects world meat protein markets to remain strong next year, with lamb prices expected to stay at "$100 plus".
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Alliance workers accept new conditions
Alliance workers accept new conditions
Mataura meat workers have voted by a slim majority to accept new conditions that will cut pay and alter conditions, but they are discussing details of the plans with the plant's owners.
Alliance weathers year to retain solid position
Alliance weathers year to retain solid position
Alliance Group has weathered what chairman Owen Poole called a challenging year to September 30, to retain its solid financial position.
Time nigh for meat co-ops' high noon
Time nigh for meat co-ops' high noon
Yet again, the two southern meat co-operatives are talking at, rather than to, each other about merging.
Farmers getting in behind their co-operatives
Farmers getting in behind their co-operatives
Farmers are tiring of the constant sniping between the two southern meat co-operatives, but they also appear to be entrenching themselves in support of their respective companies.
Meat companies' merger supported
Meat companies' merger supported
The country's largest farmer says there is nothing to fear from an investigation into the merits of a merger of the two meat co-operatives.
Claim $100m lost by competition
Claim $100m lost by competition
Sheep and beef farmers are forgoing $100 million a year in savings by not merging the co-operatives Silver Fern Farms and Alliance Group and changing the way meat is marketed, an industry leader says.