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Dairy breeding traits : the farmers' perception
(Lincoln University, 2006)
The aim of this study was to identify which breeding traits New Zealand dairy farmers believed were the most important and whether variations in farm system influenced these opinions.
A random sample of 2000 herds, ...
An economic survey of New Zealand town milk producers, 1977-78
(Lincoln College. Agricultural Economics Research Unit., 1979-08)
This Report is the fifth in an annual
series of economic surveys of New Zealand town
milk supply farms. These surveys have been
undertaken by the Agricultural Economics Research
Unit at Lincoln College on behalf of the ...
Motivation and other factors influencing the adoption of practices by sheep farmers in Oxford County, New Zealand
(Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, 1982)
This study examines the relationship between-farmers' motivation, as measured by orientation to work, and their adoption of new farm practices.
Reviews of New Zealand agricultural extension research, of well-known ...
Citizen-led environment management : learning from the ’bush restorers’
(Lincoln University, 1997-11)
1. The resource management issue under consideration is the conservation and ecological restoration of natural lowland forest and its associated plant and animal communities (referred to here as native bush), which have ...
Processing peas : a survey of growers’ returns 1967/68
(Lincoln College. Agricultural Economics Research Unit., 1968)
In recent years, some 12,000 acres in New Zealand has been used for green pea production for processing. The greater proportion of this land is in Hawkes Bay, but commercial crops are also grown in Nelson, Marlborough, ...
An economic survey of New Zealand town milk producers, 1978-79
(Lincoln College. Agricultural Economics Research Unit., 1980-07)
The principal objective of the 1980 survey was to determine the average net farm income received by town milk producers in New Zealand. Information produced by the survey is used for a variety of purposes. It assists ...
Fresh vegetable retailing in New Zealand : an economic survey
(Lincoln College. Agricultural Economics Research Unit., 1968)
A good deal of interest has been shown in the marketing of vegetables over recent years particularly with reference to marketing margins. This survey is a study of such margins for different groups of retailers for two ...
An evaluation of the Southland flood relief temporary employment programme
(Lincoln College. Agricultural Economics Research Unit., 1979-11)
The 1979 Budget statement reasserted the Government’s commitment to full employment as a policy objective but considered that inflation and the balance of payments limited the scope of monetary and fiscal measures to ...
The New Zealand meat trade in the 1980's : a proposal for change
(Lincoln College. Agricultural and Economics Research Unit., 1982-05)
The New Zealand meat industry has been undergoing significant changes during the past decade. These changes have prompted the carrying out of research on the New Zealand meat industry and the
likely development of new ...
Port development in Nelson : externalities and planning
(Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, 1984)
Research Problem: The Nelson Harbour Board has proposed five development options for the future provision of port facilities for the Nelson region and a Cost Benefit Analysis has been performed for four of the options. It ...