Sunday, 24 April 2016 15:52

Hooray for ‘Hen’ry

Written by Rural News Group

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A mate of the Hound reckons those who think dairy is tough going these days should spare a thought for former Fonterra chair Sir Henry van der Heyden.

The ex-dairy boss is – among a myriad business ventures – a director of chicken farm Heyden Farms.

This company has been in the news lately for its bad animal welfare practices (‘colony’ chickens) and now its eggs have been pulled from Countdown supermarkets nationwide.

As your old mate’s confidant opined: “it looks like the chickens are coming home to roost for Hank!” Perhaps a $3.90 dairy payout is not so bad, eh Henry.

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