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The feasibility of farm ownership in the current financial climate
(Lincoln University. Faculty of Commerce. Kellogg Rural Leaders Programme., 2006)
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 ...
Social objective synthesis report 2: social differentiation and choice of management system among ARGOS Farmers/Orchardists
(Agriculture Research Group on Sustainability, 2009-08)
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 ...
The decision making of organic and conventional agricultural producers
(Lincoln University. Agribusiness and Economics Research Unit., 1996-06)
The main objective of this research was to describe and understand the decision making of organic and conventional farmers so
that we could understand why, or why not, they grew organic products. Organic production was ...
New Zealand farmers and wetlands
(Agriculture Research Group on Sustainability, 2006-11)
This research focuses on how New Zealand farmers approach the management of wetlands and waterways on their farms, and was funded by a Fish & Game New Zealand Research Scholarship, in association with the Agriculture ...
Survey of New Zealand farmer intentions and opinions, October-December, 1984
(Lincoln College. Agricultural Economics Research Unit., 1985)
This survey is the seventh major survey of New Zealand Farmer
Intentions and Opinions. All have been aimed at providing policy
makers and those in the agri-business sector in New Zealand with data
on which they can ...
A transport survey of South Island farmers
(Lincoln College. Agricultural Economics Research Unit., 1979)
Late in 1975 the Agricultural Economics Research Unit
surveyed 3,156 randomly chosen South Island sheep farmers to
obtain information on their transport needs and problems. The primary aim of the survey was to quantify ...
Farm resilience for sustainable food production: a conceptual framework
(Lincoln University, 2008-09)
So far resilience work has mostly focused on regional‐scale, extensively managed ecosystems. Weargue that, as over 40% of the earth’s surface is used for agriculture, it would be fruitful to apply resiliencethinking to ...
Fertiliser and production on a sample of intensive sheep farms in Southland 1953-64
(Lincoln College. Agricultural Economics Research Unit., 1967)
In this publication we set out the results of a comparative
study of intensive lamb production in Southland. Farm records for a
ten year period are analysed in terms of fertiliser application,
stocking rates and net ...
Tuberculosis issues in North Canterbury
(Lincoln University. Faculty of Commerce. Kellogg Rural Leaders Programme., 1997-11)
Farming with tuberculosis (TB) in the endemic area of North Canterbury has major
implications to management practices. Although industry sectors are structured differently,
the impact of TB is similar across the board ...
Tax shields : their implications for farm project investment, risk and return
(Lincoln University. Agribusiness and Economics Research Unit., 1990-12)
The main objectives of this study were to outline recent past and current tax shields available in New Zealand farming and to explore their implications for the nature, expected return and riskiness of farm investments. ...