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A regional planning model for Southland County agriculture
(Lincoln University, 1976)
The objective of this study is to develop and test a model of Southland County agriculture which can be used as a base to estimate changes in county product output and net profitability as a result of changes in land use. ...
Some projections of retail consumption in New Zealand
(Lincoln College. Agricultural Economics Research Unit., 1966)
The objective of this paper is to investigate some factors influencing the level of sales from retail stores in New Zealand and to give some projections of possible future levels of sales in five years and ten years from ...
The nature and extent of the farm labour shortage in Cheviot County, Canterbury
(Lincoln College. Agricultural Economics Research Unit., 1967)
This study is one of the a series being initiated at the present time. In this instance the aim is to provide basic information about the farm labour situation
in one representative South Island County. Specifically, it ...
An economic evaluation of the use of herbicides in hill country pasture renovation in New Zealand
(Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, 1988)
Non-arable New Zealand hill country pasture is characterised by a high proportion of low fertility grasses and weeds. This places limitations on their productive capacity. Aerial oversowing and topdressing has improved the ...
Smallholders in Canterbury : characteristics, motivations, land use and intentions to move
(Lincoln University. Agribusiness and Economics Research Unit, 2000-09)
The AERU published its first report on smallholdings in Canterbury in 1993. The present report extends that research by using a random sample survey and thereby updates our understanding of this very important phenomenon. ...
Farm debt and financial viability
(Lincoln College. Department of Farm Management and Rural Valuation., 1971-08)
This bulletin has been produced by the Department of Farm Management and Rural Valuation of Lincoln College in association with the New Zealand Society of Farm Management. It consists of papers given at the Society of Farm ...
Production functions and the measurement of technical change : with special reference to the agricultural processing industries
(Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, 1970)
The neoclasssical production function developed by Arrow, Chenery, Minhas and Solow, and subsequently called the Constant Elasticity of Substitution (CES) production function, has been extensively analysed in the economic ...
Economic evaluation of alternative stocking rates on North Island dairy farms
(Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, 1973)
There has been a large volume of research concentrated within the Dairy Industry relating individual cow performance under differing planes of nutrition, grazing intensities and management systems with various measures of ...
Programming a Canterbury mixed farm: analysis of alternative cropping and livestock systems on a Canterbury Plains’ arable farm
(Lincoln College. Agricultural Economics Research Unit., 1964-08)
This paper presents the results of using linear programming to analyse the outcome of alternative cropping and livestock systems
on the Lincoln College mixed cropping unit.
It does not give a detailed description of
the ...
Marketing boards and anti-trust policy
(Lincoln University. Agribusiness and Economics Research Unit, 1990-03)
This Discussion Paper presents some views on the relationship between the Acts under which the producer boards operate and the Commerce Act, 1986. In particular, the discussion reviews the interpretation of the powers ...