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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, ...
Benchmarking and management behaviours of top sheep and beef cattle farmers
(Lincoln University, 2001)
The aim of this dissertation was to gain an insight into the use of benchmarking in the current management practices of top performing sheep and beef cattle farmers in the South Island of New Zealand. The more specific ...
The monitor farms programme : a case study in Canterbury
(Lincoln University, 2001)
The monitor farms programme is an industry-funded extension methodology, which takes a whole farm approach, using a business view of farming. As such it is a worthy complement to the one-to-one consultancy. Financial surveys ...
A computer based simulation model for evaluating farm scale irrigation development in hill and high country, New Zealand
(Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, 1986)
The basic objective of this study was to develop a simulation model that would enable physical and economic evaluation of alternative farm irrigation schemes in the hill and high country.
The model used the output of ...
A model for decision making under non-certainty on Canterbury light land farms
(Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, 1979)
Annual production on Canterbury light land sheep farms fluctuates markedly. A major reason for this is the extreme climatic variability both between years and between seasons. This has a major, effect on feed supply, and ...
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 ...
Farm machinery syndicates
(Lincoln College. Department of Farm Management and Rural Valuation., 1972)
Current economic conditions are forcing a number of farmers to re-appraise their programmes of machinery replacement. Historically plant has been a significant component of Total Farm Capital on many New Zealand farms, ...
A linear programming study of the supply of store beef cattle from hill country farms
(Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, 1968)
Within the general area of aggregate New Zealand beef supply, the supply of store cattle and associated beef products from beef breeding farms on a certain class of North Island hill country was chosen as the object of ...
Who makes the decisions on New Zealand farms?
(NZ Institute of Primary Industry Management Inc, 2014-12)
To work with farmers in improving their decision-making and financial situation it is important to have information about the on-farm help used in making farm decisions, as well as the off-farm help which farmers use. To ...
Investigations into the economics and management of beef cattle on the Canterbury Plains: a thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Agricultural Science in Lincoln College of the University of Canterbury
(Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, 1968)
Concentration on beef as a source of foreign exchange requires research into technical, marketing and economic aspects of the cattle enterprise. This thesis is concerned with the economics and management of beef on the ...