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Alliance Group and Grand Farm have signed a strategic co-operation agreement with a focus on delivering more premium New Zealand grass-fed beef to Chinese consumers.

Alliance Group has secured greater access for chilled beef exports into China following approval of its Levin and Mataura plants to supply that market. With its first load of beef from Levin clearing Chinese customs in early January and a shipment from Mataura recently arriving in China, journalist Leo Argent talked to Alliance general manager safety and processing Wayne Shaw.

Alliance Group says it has secured greater access for chilled beef exports to China, following the approval for two of its processing plants to supply the market.

Reeling from two consecutive years of heavy losses, Alliance says it has appointed Craigs Investment Partners to explore external capital-raising options.

As expected, Alliance Group will close its Smithfield meat processing plant in Timaru, South Canterbury, making hundreds of workers redundant. 

OPINION: Rural New Zealand has been taking some very big hits of late. The latest of these, the closure of Alliance’s Smithfield plant at Timaru, is yet another blow for the heartland – the engine room of the economy.

Meat company Alliance says declining stock numbers in New Zealand were the primary driver behind the closure of its Smithfield plant in Timaru.

Alliance Group has announced a proposal to close its Smithfield meat processing plant in Timaru, South Canterbury.

Meat co-operative Alliance Group is looking for directors who can demonstrate strong alignment to its long-term vision, according to chair Mark Wynne.

Alliance Group has launched a new $16 million warehouse technology system at its Lorneville plant near Invercargill.