Sally Rae

Departing Silver Fern Farms chief executive Keith Cooper is looking forward to ''not waking up to a multitude of challenges every morning''.

An improved financial position is encouraging Silver Fern Farms to consider reorganising itself into three species units of beef, sheepmeat and venison.

The winds of change continue to sweep through the meat industry in the South with the resignation of Silver Fern Farms chief executive Keith Cooper.

West Otago sheep and beef farmers Nelson and Fiona Hancox want farmers to ''stand up and be counted'' and take charge of their futures.

Software company Language Perfect was established with a budget of $200.

The red meat industry will restructure when it makes good commercial sense, Alliance Group chairman Murray Taggart says.

To retain our place as world leaders, we need to ensure that we have the best people in place right across the industry, be they farmers, researchers, marketers or agronomists.

Fonterra director John Monaghan will not stand as a candidate in this year's Alliance Group supplier representative director election.

A bid to reintroduce a wool levy appears to have failed.

Blair Skevington's entrepreneurial streak was evident from an early age.

Matthew Slater has never thought too far ahead in his career.

Several of the biggest names in New Zealand shearing were in Waikouaiti on Thursday night for a particularly special speed-shearing event.

Dairy farming profitability is likely to be a hot topic at DairyNZ's annual meeting in Timaru on Thursday.

Dairy farmers might be facing a few challenges but the industry is resilient and it will work its way through them, ASB general manager for rural banking Mark Heer says.

Farmlands Co-operative Society Ltd has recorded an operating surplus of $23.5 million for the year to June, its first full year of trading.

Arjun Haszard reckons his Harpoon cold brew coffee concentrate could hit the spot this summer.