The New Zealand government has an ambitious aim by 2025 to raise total exports to 40 per cent of gross domestic product and double the value of primary exports. The have stated that this will involve developing stronger ...

Supplier relationships and performance have become increasingly important in agri-food supply chains. This research aimed to investigate buyer-supplier relationships in the New Zealand red meat industry. Specifically, this ...

The Farm Technical Manual is a versatile reference book which brings into one place all manner of essential technical information required by farmers and others involved in the farming industry. The Manual has been designed ...

The New Zealand dairy industry has undergone a substantial period of growth over the last ten years, as more sheep, beef, and crop farms have been converted to dairy farming. A major problem for dairy farm employers is ...

Increasing ewe lambing percentages has the potential to improve farm profitability. However this depends on the level of fertility already being achieved by the ewes, the level of survival of the lambs as well as the lamb ...

This study evaluated the usefulness and efficacy of linear programming (LP) models, and the Grazing Systems Ltd (GSL) model in particular. The GSL model was selected because it is the only LP model available for use in the ...

The purpose of this study was to establish to what extent the information collected to assess the financial performance of conventional businesses applies to farm businesses. Fifteen performance indicators were identified ...

The RSE was introduced in 2007, as policy allowing the introduction of seasonal labour for horticulture and viticulture from the Pacific Islands. The success of RSE has led to calls from “the dairy and meat processing ...

This Working Paper continues a series of articles published in Sociologia Ruralis in 1987, 1995, and 2007 reviewing the evolution of rural employment relations in New Zealand. It analyses research driven changes to public ...

There is concern in the farm management consultancy field about the aging population of consultants and the lack of succession planning. One of the factors constraining the employment of new consultants is the time and ...