It has been my brief to critically analyse a sample of 70 farming operations from a total population of approximately 300 operations. My analysis has been in the capacity of a financier and therefore biased toward ...

The NZ dairy industry has successfully, in the past, provided a pathway to land ownership. This has been mainly via the sharemilking system. The "carrot" or opportunity of land ownership has seen the industry successfully ...

The purpose of this report was to investigate key issues surrounding land ownership, how they are changing and what impact this has. Both rural and residential land have been discussed because in New Zealand often ...

The New Zealand Dairy Industry has been the envy of the world for decades for its ability to allow young people the opportunity to undertake a career path which progresses to farm ownership. So much so that it is almost ...

The ARGOS (Agriculture Research Group on Sustainability) project was designed to enable the interrogation of the condition of sustainability in the New Zealand agriculture sector. To account for the country’s reliance on ...

New Zealand's sheep and beef farmers continue to struggle. With the global economic crisis stumbling along the situation on most farms is unlikely to improve within the next 18-24 months. Farmers have slashed spending, ...

Evaluating the effects of reforms to New Zealand's agricultural policy is a topic of enduring interest, especially in recent years. This Research Report examines an important aspect of farm structure (family and corporate ...

Field trials suggest that the nutritive value of high quality, high moisture feeds may be improved by the addition of a small quantity of roughage. The nutritional value to steers of two high qualities, high moisture ...

In the early stages of growth grass is an energy rich food of high digestibility, but as growth advances towards the hay stage the protein content falls and the fibre content increases, thus reducing the feeding value. ...

This New Zealand bibliography was compiled by researchers at Lincoln University and while extensive does not in any way purport to be a complete set of references on New Zealand agricultural labour issues. Lincoln ...