Harvey Norman shareholders down $107m on Gerry's dairy lark

Back in February, billionaire retailer Gerry Harvey implored investors to «sell your boat, sell your car, sell your house, buy Harvey Norman shares» after the market wiped 12.45 per cent off the company’s value in one session, responding to its weaker than expected first-half result (which was in no small part down to the $20.67 million write-down of, and $4.57 million trading losses from, Harvey Norman’s inexplicable 50 per cent stake in a Coomboona dairy farm).

Organic boosts revival in dairy farm values

One of the country’s biggest dairy property owners sees a revival in farm valuations, as it goes organic in an aggressive push to tap local and Asian demand for clean-and-green infant formula.

Gerry Harvey warns milk sales levy will upset industry

Billionaire retailer Gerry Harvey has warned against imposing a consumer levy on milk sales to help the nation’s dairy farmers buckling under the weight of crashing milk prices, saying it would interfere in the smooth running of the free market and end in tears.