Silver fern Farms Silver Fern Farms is New Zealand’s leading procurer processor and marketer of sheep, lamb, beef and venison. Silver Fern Farms stakes its reputation every day on its products Silver Fern Farms’ vision is to be a fully integrated market focused company investing in consumer products that will differentiate and add value to our farmer partners, our customers and our people.Its meat production is undertaken using the latest processing technologies, and techniques, under standardised and very strict hygiene conditions. Quality control checks are maintained at all stages of production, storage and distribution. The company was registered in 1948 as Primary Producers Co-operative Society, eventually trading as PPCS until it changed its name and its brand in 2008 to
Silver Fern Farms — reflecting its integrated supply chain strategy. While the strategy has evolved from production-based to marketfocused, the company has retained its co-operative status, today representing more than 20,000 sheep, cattle and deer farmers throughout New Zealand. Headquarters is in Dunedin in the South Island of New Zealand, with support offices in Christchurch (South Island) and Hastings (North Island). Silver Fern Farms operates 21 processing facilities throughout the country, employing more than 7,000 staff in the peak of the season. It exports to North America, the United Kingdom and Europe, Asia and the Middle East. www.silverfarms.co.nz