Brighter times ahead for Silver Fern Farms

Brighter times ahead for Silver Fern Farms
Silver Fern Farm's Dargaville site. Chief executive Dan Boulton says the processor will be more resilient in future. (Image: NZME)
Riley Kennedy
Dan Boulton’s No 1 priority is getting Silver Fern Farms back in the black.And he’s confident he’ll do so as red meat prices recover and procurement tensions ease back to normality.The country’s largest meat processor has now reported two losses in a row as prolonged lacklustre global demand weighed on its bottom line.Only a year of that has been under Boulton’s leadership, having taken over as chief executive from Simon Limmer in February last year.Silver Fern Farms (SFF) reported a loss of $21.8 million afte...

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