Wellington, Sept 22 NZPA - New red meat industry entity FarmIQ Systems Limited today announced the appointment of six directors.

Wellington, July 30 NZPA - Silver Fern Farms is closing a plant in Britain that processed and packed frozen products from this country, amid a continuing decline in frozen exports.

Wellington, Oct 23 NZPA - Farmer meat processing cooperative Silver Fern Farms was hurt by the impact of currency volatility on high prices and strong demand in export markets in the past year.

Wellington, Jan 8 NZPA - New Zealand's biggest meat company Silver Fern Farms and Modena Investments (New Zealand) Ltd have formed a joint venture company, Farm Brands Ltd (FBL), to buy, produce and market meal and tallow.

Wellington, Dec 30 NZPA - The country's largest meat company Silver Fern Farms returned to profitability in the year to the end of August.

Wellington, July 4 NZPA - Silver Fern Farms (formerly PPCS), which this week agreed in principle to sell a 50 percent stake to PGG Wrightson for $220 million, said today it expected to cut its interest bill by $16m as a result.

(Attn rural eds) Wellington, July 4 NZPA - Silver Fern Farms (formerly PPCS), which this week agreed in principle to sell half its shares to PGG Wrightson for $220 million, said today it expected to cut its interest bill by $16m even before the deal.

Wellington, July 2 NZPA - Analysts are querying predictions of more than $100 million in financial benefits from the merger of PGG Wrightson and meat cooperative Silver Fern Farms.