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Tony O'Boyle, a Wairarapa sheep and beef farmer, has been elected to the Silver Fern Farms' Board of Directors.

Meat processor Silver Fern Farms has announced a stronger financial result compared to last year.

The new 50% owners of South island meat processor Silver Fern Farms were last week due to give their blessing to their joint venture deal.

Silver Ferns Farm chairman Rob Hewett says the deal with Shanghai Maling wasn't done after "a behind the bike shed discussion".

About 100 Silver Fern Farm shareholders have turned up for the company's special meeting in Dunedin.

Dean Hamilton, SFF chief executive says the Shanghai Maling transaction has significant financial upside compared to the sketchy details in the mystery underwrite proposal put forward, with little real detail, by shareholder John Cochrane.

Since the SFF/Shanghai Maling deal was announced earlier last month some SFF shareholders, and other critics, have expressed concerns about the implications of foreign investment.

Claims that Silver Fern Farms approached the Government for funding and/or sought a meeting with Finance Minister Bill English for over a year have been debunked by the co-op's chair Rob Hewett.

Rob Hewett and Fiona Hancox have been elected to the Silver Fern Farms’ Board of Directors.