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The management of Christchurch milk supply farms

Nuthall, Peter L. (Lincoln College. Department of Farm Management and Rural Valuation, 1970)
The number of town milk producing farms in the Christchurch region is relatively small compared with other classes of farms. It is partly for this reason that a comprehensive farm management study of town milk dairy farming has not been carried out in the ...
Dynamic planning and pig fattening

Nuthall, Peter L. (Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, 1977)
Farmers make decisions in a planning environment in which planning information is frequently imperfect and outcomes uncertain. Efficient planning systems must therefore be dynamic in nature. However, available systems which are capable of being directly a ...
A management study of town supply dairy farming in the Christchurch area

Nuthall, Peter L. (Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, 1967)
Town milk supply is produced by small groups of farmers throughout the country, each with its own particular problems. Many of the areas are not suited to dairy farming so that town milk producing farms are often isolated groups in the middle of sheep ...
Smaller scale New Zealand dairy farmers: The context for future innovations

Westbrooke, Victoria; Nuthall, Peter L. (APEN, 2015)
There is a wide variation in the scale of New Zealand dairy herds, 18% of farmers manage more than 600 cows, while 69% of farmers have herds with less than 400 cows (DairyNZ & LIC 2012/13). The smaller scale farms, those with less than 400 cows, are impor ...
Assessment of an outsourced agricultural extension service in the Mutasa district of Zimbabwe

Machila, M.; Lyne, Michael; Nuthall, Peter L. (Academic Journals, 2015-05)
Zimbabwe has a pluralistic agricultural extension system. In addition to the public extension service, donors contract private service providers to deliver extension services in specific project areas. This study assesses the impact of an outsourced exten ...
Succession on New Zealand farms

Old, Kevin; Nuthall, Peter L. (New Zealand Institute of Primary Industry Management (NZIPIM), 2015-06)
There is a strong belief that few farmers think well ahead on matters of farm asset succession. Nor do they take action, despite most professionals recommending that plans should be developed early in the life of a farm after proper consultation with the ...
Governance on New Zealand farms

Old, Kevin; Nuthall, Peter L. (NZ Institute of Primary Industry Management, 2015-09)
Farms in New Zealand continue to increase in value and output. With this increase many consultants and professionals are questioning whether traditional ownership and governance models continue to be suitable. To form the basis of such a discussion it is ...
The extension needs of small dairy farmers

Westbrooke, Victoria; Nuthall, Peter L. (NZIPIM, 2016-03)
With the constant cost price squeeze, farmers with smaller farms must constantly consider their options to maintain their purchasing power. Some farmers will sell, others will buy extra land, some will sell and shift onto larger farms, and others will fu ...
Farmer survey to study needs of small-herders

Westbrooke, Victoria; Nuthall, Peter L. (2014-10-15)
The business plans and personal requirements of small-herd dairy farmers are to be put under the spotlight as part of a survey being organised by Lincoln University Lecturer in Agricultural Management and Agribusiness, Dr Victoria Westbrooke, and Research ...
Environmental stewardship trumps big returns, research shows

Nuthall, Peter L.; Old, Kevin (2014-09)
Farmers on properties with net profit less than $50,000 list ‘minimising pollution’, ‘improving the condition of the property’ and ‘ensuring employees enjoy their job’ as more important objectives than ‘expanding the business’ or ‘making a comfortable liv ...