Issues with SFF joint venture remain
Former Silver Fern Farms director David Shaw says questions remain about the proposed joint venture with Shanghai Maling.
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Silver Fern Farms silent on China report
Silver Fern Farms silent on China report
Silver Fern Farms remains tight-lipped over suggestions a Chinese-owned multinational is in the final stages of negotiations to buy into the company.
Silver Fern Farms open to talks
Silver Fern Farms open to talks
Achieving a merger of the two red meat co-operatives, let alone ''the big four'' companies, would take ''a great deal to work through'' to find an agreement that benefited all parties, Silver Fern Farms chairman Rob Hewett says.
Silverstream workers redundant, ERA rules
Silverstream workers redundant, ERA rules
Silver Fern Farms faces a bill of up to $3 million after it was ruled it made more than 100 Dunedin seasonal meat workers redundant.
SFF zero pay offer criticised by union
SFF zero pay offer criticised by union
The Meatworkers and Related Trades Union has taken a swipe at Silver Fern Farms' management getting double-digit pay rises, while staff are expected to accept no increase.
SFF courts Chinese clients
SFF courts Chinese clients
A Chinese delegation has been hosted by Silver Fern Farms in the largest-scale tour the company has run for customers.
Silver Fern Farms puts its best cut forward
Silver Fern Farms puts its best cut forward
Silver Fern Farms' (SFF) new premium beef product was shown to about 120 suppliers at a premier selection beef producers' day at the Silver Fern Farms' Finegand works near Balclutha recently.
No beef with NZ farmers
No beef with NZ farmers
Long-established family business Marx Foods is the key distributor in the United States for Silver Fern Farms' red meat. Frank and Justin Marx, who are respectively the fourth and fifth generation to be involved in the business, have been in Otago this week and caught up with agribusiness reporter Sally Rae.
SFF says tastier beef on the way
SFF says tastier beef on the way
A new age of beef.
US distributors rate NZ brand highly
US distributors rate NZ brand highly
Silver Fern Farms' (SFF) United States distribution partner Marx Foods chief executive Justin Marx, of Seattle, Washington, on the United States West Coast, will speak at a premier selection beef day for suppliers at the Finegand meat works near Balclutha tomorrow.
Silver Ferns' Shanghai move
Silver Ferns' Shanghai move
Silver Fern Farms is launching a branded retail range of lamb into Shanghai, with the first online sales expected in March.
Getting red meat sector 'back on its feet'
Getting red meat sector 'back on its feet'
The red meat agricultural sector enters the new year at a crossroads. Agribusiness reporter Sally Rae looks back on 2013, a tumultuous year for the sector and hopes for tangible change this year to ensure a sustainable industry for all involved - but she wonders exactly how that change can be achieved.
Red meat sector 'absolute challenge'
Red meat sector 'absolute challenge'
Amid challenging times for New Zealand's red meat industry, there have been changes in the guard at governance level recently at the country's two largest co-operatives. Silver Fern Farms' new...
Young sees so much potential
Young sees so much potential
Newly elected Silver Fern Farms director Richard Young believes the sheep industry needs to celebrate its successes.
Change way to go, meat sector told
Change way to go, meat sector told
There is no place for looking back, regrets, accusations or ''if only's'' in the red meat sector - it is time to embrace change, outgoing Silver Fern Farms chairman Eoin Garden says.
SFF vote shows desire for change
SFF vote shows desire for change
Clinton farmer David Shaw has been ousted from the board of Silver Fern Farms as former Meat Industry Excellence executive members Richard Young and Dan Jex-Blake have been voted on.
180 jobs at plant in doubt
180 jobs at plant in doubt
A cloud hangs over the future of about 180 jobs at Silver Fern Farms' lamb-cut processing plant at Silverstream, near Mosgiel, because of the decline in lamb kill this season.
40 new jobs at Finegand
40 new jobs at Finegand
A new casing facility at Silver Fern Farms' Finegand plant near Balclutha is to bring 40 new fulltime jobs to the area.
Dunedin company has 128 earning $100,000-plus
Dunedin company has 128 earning $100,000-plus
Dunedin-based Silver Fern Farms has about 128 employees earning more than $100,000 with one, presumably chief executive Keith Cooper, earning between $970,001 and $980,000.
'Unacceptable' loss largely down to sheep meat
'Unacceptable' loss largely down to sheep meat
Silver Fern Farms chairman Eoin Garden has described the company's $28.6 million net operating loss after tax as ''very disappointing and unacceptable''.