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Your old mate reckons former Silver Fern Farms sales manager Grant Howie has done a poacher-turned-gamekeeper conversion since he left the meat company to do business on his own account.

Applications for Silver Fern Farms Cooperative’s first board appointed farmer directors are open.

Matt Luxton, Silver Fern Farms’ sales executive in the US, discusses the opportunities for New Zealand to exploit the growing consumer trend towards grass-fed red meat.

Six inspirational young people from around New Zealand have been named as the Silver Fern Farms Plate to Pasture Youth Scholarships recipients for 2018.

Farming cooperatives have dominated the awards made this year by Cooperative Business New Zealand (CBNZ).

Silver Fern Farms chief executive Simon Limmer is not overly concerned about the threat of plant-based meat substitutes. 

Not long ago Simon Limmer was extolling the virtues of kiwifruit as chief operating officer of Zespri, now he's marketing red meat as chief executive of Silver Fern Farms.

Meat company Silver Fern Farms has turned around its fortunes during the last year from a $30 million loss to a profit of just over $15m.

Meat processor Silver Fern Farms Cooperative has reported a net profit after tax of $7.8 million for 15 months ending December 31, 2017.

Two high profile candidates have put their hands up for Silver Fern Farms board elections this year.