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OPINION: The Hound hears that a slickly choreographed Silver Fern Farms roadshow went astray recently when faced with fired up farmer feedback in Kurow.
Chair Rob Hewett apparently shut down questions on the march of forestry being escalated by companies like SFF by instead simply singing his own praises in a valedictory-type speech.
One farmer asked the silently stone-faced board line-up, 'what happens to carbon zero beef when we literally run out of offsets, do we keep planting trees until there is no land for beef?'
The question still echoes around the hills, unanswered.
Silver Fern Farms chief executive Dan Boulton says the meat processor wants to find ways of getting product destined for Middle East markets into those markets as opposed to try and place them elsewhere.
Rural retailer Farmlands has released it's latest round of half-year results, labeling it as evidence that its five-year strategy is delivering on financial performance and better value for members.
Additional tariffs introduced by the Chinese Government last month on beef imports should favour New Zealand farmers and exporters.
The second event in the Silver Fern Farms ‘Pasture to Plate Roadshow’ landed in Feilding last week, headed by chair and King Country farmer, Anna Nelson, and chief executive Dan Boulton.
Premium wool carpet maker Bremworth is being sold to the world's largest flooring company.
OPINION: For some of us the threat of a fuel crisis is something we have dealt with before and are still here to tell the tale.
New Zealanders are spontaneously joining in the 60th birthday celebrations of the nation’s iconic rural programme, Country Calendar.
Fonterra is rejecting New Zealand First's claim that outgoing chief executive Miles Hurrell is in line for a 'golden handshake'.
Strong wool is now being used as a pigment in screen printing for a new clothing range.
Halter has unveiled plans for a large-scale expansion of its virtual fencing and animal management system, following a major fundraising round.
“Pack your thinking caps. You need more than just farming knowledge for this one.”
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