Displaying items by tag: Rob Hewett

Dan Boulton has been appointed as the new chief executive of Silver Fern Farms.

OPINION: Your canine crusader, like many in the sector, is wondering just exactly what is happening with the so called ‘wool industry initiatives’.

The country's horticulturalists have been urged to get in behind the controversial He Waka Eke Noa (HWEN) agricultural emissions plan.

WoolWorks is set to form a new division designed to explore and realise new opportunities to capture greater market value for wool.

OPINION: A long-time Silver Fern Farm supplier tells yours truly that he and other SFF shareholders are less than impressed by a recent dictate from the meat co-op’s chair Rob Hewett.

Silver Fern Farms Co-operative chairman Rob Hewett is among three new directors appointed to the WoolWorks Board.

Applications for Silver Fern Farms Co-operative’s next board appointed farmer directors are open.

Strong farmgate prices for red meat have also flowed through to better returns for processor and exporter Silver Fern Farms (SFF).

Farmers are being warned that they need to adapt to consumer-led change or risk going out of business.

Supply chain issues continue to be an ongoing issue for rural service provider Farmlands.