Thursday, 06 November 2025 12:55

'Told you so'

Written by  The Hound

OPINION: Your old mate hears some of the farmers involved in the Meat Industry Excellence (MIE) group ten years ago think the Alliance deal with Irish company Dawn Meats is “an absolute disaster” – and is the kind of outcome they predicted back then if nothing changed.

They say the detailed ‘Pathway To Long Term Sustainability’ report MIE produced identified the downward spiral this section of the meat industry was in and offered solutions for a profitable farmer-controlled direction.

The ‘Mega Co-op proposal’ was rejected by the Alliance and Silver Ferns management of the day.

The latter was subsequently taken over by Shanghai Maling.

Alliance will soon be controlled by an Irish company. So it seems the days of farmer control of the industry are over. Being right is cold comfort to those that saw this coming.

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