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Well-known Southland farmer and agribusinessman Keith Neylon has just penned a no-holds barred biography.

Silver Fern Farms is giving weekly reports to its suppliers to keep them abreast of what it describes as a ‘dynamic situation in China and one that could change very quickly’.

Meat processor Silver Fern Farms is being forced to divert product away from China as coronavirus ravages its biggest market.

Disruption in China caused by the coronavirus is forcing meat processor Silver Fern Farms to reduce production from next week.

It sounds like the death rattle is signalled for the former Fairton meat processing plant near Ashburton.

The recent announcement by Silver Fern Farms that Richard Young is the new chairman of the meat co-operative got this old mutt thinking this is a true case of ‘poacher turned gamekeeper’.

Silver Fern Farms Cooperative has reported a net profit before tax of $2.4m for the 2018 financial year.

New Zealand’s meat sector is launching a charitable trust to benefit those affected by the mosque attacks in Christchurch.

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.