With the advent of the personal computer (micro computer) there is a need to develop software suitable for use by farmers. To gauge this requirement a postal survey of 1,500 farmers was conducted in early 1982 eliciting ...

Transport planning and transport investment in New Zealand are in transition. The historic emphasis on a supply oriented expansion of the transport infrastructure is no longer appropriate when faced with budgetary and ...

Soil composition and properties, nutrient interactions, and general environmental conditions are among the factors which determine the availability of boron for uptake by plants. This thesis is directed towards studying ...

The objectives of the research were to: achieve a method of grazing species comparison in which grazing behaviour would be unconfounded by stocking rate: to compare the grazing behaviour of cattle, sheep and goats under ...

This booklet contains references to almost all New Zealand published work in the agricultural field in 1964. The list comprises two selections: the first, which is arranged alphabetically by subject headings, includes ...

In this thesis the author has two aims: (a) to review the literature on flowering in deciduous fruit trees, and (b) to record and discuss, in the light of previous work, experiments designed to elucidate the role of ...

New Zealand is currently experiencing a major restructuring of the productive base of its economy in response to wider changes in the world economic system. A number of major resource development projects are being ...

The purpose of this research report is to bring together the complete set of data on income and productivity for the New Zealand agricultural sector for the period 1921-1967. It is anticipated that the resulting tables ...

FOCUS is a user-friendly computer program to generate the changing appearance of a system as an observer changes the viewing criteria. The criteria are measured by time and space scales and the range of scales is determined ...

The organisation of a goat industry seminar and workshop at Lincoln College falls in line with the College's general support for innovation in the New Zealand farming industry. The seminar and workshop were held at the ...