Silver Fern Farms roadshow highlights global demand
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.
Applications have opened for Silver Fern Farms Co-operative’s next farmer-elected director.
One space will become available on the board as Tony O’Boyle retires by rotation at the co-operative’s annual meeting in May.
O’Boyle is not seeking re-election.
Directors of Silver Fern Farms Co-operative are responsible for setting the co-op’s corporate governance and strategic direction.
To be eligible for the role, candidates must be a current shareholder and have supplied a minimum of 400 stock units to Silver Fern Farms for the last two years.
Nomination forms must also be signed by two shareholders who meet the same criteria.
Nominations close midday Friday 4 March 2022.
Dairy prices have jumped in the overnight Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction, breaking a five-month negative streak.
Alliance Group chief executive Willie Wiese is leaving the company after three years in the role.
A booklet produced in 2025 by the Rotoiti 15 trust, Department of Conservation and Scion – now part of the Bioeconomy Science Institute – aims to help people identify insect pests and diseases.
A Taranaki farmer and livestock agent who illegally swapped NAIT tags from cows infected with a bovine disease in an attempt to sell the cows has been fined $15,000.
Bill and Michelle Burgess had an eye-opening realisation when they produced the same with fewer cows.
It was love that first led Leah Prankerd to dairying. Decades later, it's her passion for the industry keeping her there, supporting, and inspiring farmers across the region.

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