Timeline
1889
Egmont District Agricultural & Pastoral Association established a stock & station company - The Egmont Farmers Union Limited.
The Egmont Farmers’ Union Ltd. First General Meeting advertisement.
1914
The Farmers’ Co-operative Organisation Society of New Zealand Limited acquired The Egmont Farmers Union Limited.
First logo of Farmers’ Co-op.
George H. Buckeridge, first chairman of The Farmers’ Co-operative Organisation Society of New Zealand Limited 1914-15.
Eltham branch store c.1920.
Farmers’ Co-op, Princes Street, Hawera. Staff of 1919.
New Plymouth’s first Farmers’ Co-op branch office at ‘The Mill’, Courtney Street, New Plymouth.
Stratford Farmers’ Co-op branch store, Regan Street, Stratford, 1921.
Waitara branch store and staff.
1930
Clement George Trotter CBE appointed General Manager (and Managing Director) of The Farmers’ Co-operative Society Organisation Society of New Zealand (Father of Ron Trotter).
Clement George (Clem) Trotter CBE, General Manager and Managing Director of The Farmers’ Co-operative Organisation Society of New Zealand Limited, 1930-60.
1939
Acquired West Coast Mortgage & Deposit Co. Limited.
1946
Acquired Manaia Building Investment Society.
1960
The Farmers’ Co-op Department Store New Plymouth was opened on 25 October 1960, the largest store built in New Zealand since World War II.
The Farmers’ Co-op Department Store New Plymouth.
1960
Retirement of Clement George Trotter CBE as Managing Director.
Clement George Trotter with other public figures of the 1950s in published cartoon.
1980’s
Rebrand of The Farmers’ Co-Operative Organisation Society of New Zealand.
1997
Company Constitution revised and name change to Allied Farmers Limited with new Companies Act. (Allied Farmers had existed previously when North Auckland Farmers merged with Farmers Auctioneering Co. in the Waikato to form Allied Farmers Limited. This company was then taken over by the Elders and they discarded the name Allied Farmers).
2006
Allied Farmers acquired 100% of Prime Finance Limited to form Allied Prime Finance Limited.
2007
Nationwide Finance was acquired from Hanover Group creating Allied Nationwide Finance Limited.
2007
MyLivestock.co.nz was launched.
2008
Speirs Finance was acquired.
2008
Allied Farmers Wools Limited was divested ending the company’s involvement in the wool industry which dated back to the establishment of the Wanganui Woolstore in 1918.
2009
Purchased the assets of Hanover Finance and United Finance.
2010
ANF Receivership and commence sell down/debt collection of ex-Hanover and United assets.
2011
Sale of merchandising division and establishment of NZ Farmers Livestock Limited joint venture owned 70% Allied Farmers and 30% livestock agents and management.
2012
Sale of remaining ex-Hanover and United assets to Crown Asset Management Limited. Farmers Meat Export commences business (veal processing). Purchase of King Country Livestock.
2013
Sale of saleyard interests to NZ Farmers Livestock and sale of real estate business.
2015
NZ Farmers Livestock purchase of interest in Redshaw Livestock.
2016
NZ Farmers Livestock purchase of Northland Livestock. NZ Farmers Livestock Finance Limited commences business.
2019
First dividend paid since 2008.
2020
Establishment of Rural Funding SolutioNZ. NZ Farmers Livestock on-line live livestock auctions commence mid-pandemic.
2020
Allied Farmers acquired 50% of New Zealand Rural Land Management Limited (NZRLM) on a successful IPO of New Zealand Rural Land Company Limited (NZL) on the NZX (21 December 2020).
Christopher Swasbrook becomes a Director and receives 9.55% of the issued capital of Allied Farmers as one of the three founders that sold 50% of NZRLM to Allied Farmers - the other founders were Richard Milsom and Hayden Dillon who also received 4.34% and 3.47% respectively as settlement for their divested stakes in NZRLM.
2021
Ross Verry, Marise James and Richard Perry resign from the Board of Allied Farmers. Mark Franklin is appointed Independent Chair of Allied Farmers joining Philip Luscombe and Christopher Swasbrook as Directors.
2022
Allied Farmers announces that it is winding down Rural Funding SolutioNZ Limited (RFS) and subsidiary New Zealand Farmers Livestock (NZFL) entered into a referral arrangement with Heartland Bank to provide livestock financing to its client base.
2022
“Chair Mark Franklin sadly passes away in November, and Chris Swasbrook appointed Chair”
2023
Acquired 50% of NZ Rural Land Management not already owned. Chris Swasbrook resigns as Chair after selling his associated parties interests in NZRLM. Shelley Ruha appointed Chair. Richard Milsom appointed Managing Director”