"The 2013 financial year is shaping up to be a tougher year for the company than the previous one," chairman Sir Selwyn Cushing says.

Ceo says the company has more opportunities than it can deal with.

Skellerup shareholders voted overwhelmingly in favour of increasing the non-executive director remuneration pool to $475,000 per annum.

Agricultural and rubber goods maker Skellerup Holdings is picking a much improved second half after posting a $3.28 million net profit for the six months to December.

The result reflected a 48.8% drop on the previous corresponding period but an improvement of 26.2% in the six months to June 2009.

Operating revenue of $85.6 million was down 13.5% on the same six month period a year ago, but up 4.6% on the June reporting period.