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Silver Fern Farms chairman Rob Hewett says the company is on track to deliver a significantly improved profit for the 2014 year, following a strategic review of the business and a focus on debt reduction.

After eight years in the role, Silver Fern Farms chief executive Keith Cooper is stepping down.

Silver Fern Farms has appointed Jane Taylor of Queenstown to the role of independent director, following the retirement of Richard Somerville, who was appointed to the board in 2004.

Silver Fern Farms has signed a long-term blood protein joint partnership with a world-leading biotechnology company.

TWO YEARS ago the Te Aroha, Waikato, meat processing plant burned down, a major tragedy for a small town in a productive farming area.

The meat industry must stop dancing on a pinhead and get serious about protecting the future of beef, sheep and deer farming, says Jeff Grant, a candidate for meat processor Alliance board elections.