Allied Farmers Ltd. is an agricultural investment company, which engages in the business of livestock trading, meat, wool, lumber, finance, and retail rural supplies. It operates through the following segments: Livestock Services, Financial Services, Rural Land Management, and Parent Operations. The Livestock Services segment is involved in facilitating livestock transactions and procurement and export of veal. The Financial Services segment focuses on providing and referring livestock finance to farmer clients. The Rural Land Management segment offers investments in New Zealand Rural Land Management Limited Partnership, the contracted asset manager of New Zealand Rural Land Company Limited. The Parent Operations segment includes the ultimate holding company for allied groups' investments and governance activity. The company was founded in 1889 and is headquartered in Stratford, New Zealand.