This paper provides a framework within which financial assistance to New Zealand agriculture may be discussed. It reiterates a number of principles that can be found in what may be termed a State of the Art paper given ...

The Closer Economic Relationship with Australia agreement (CER) was brought Into effect on 1 January 1983. The CER provided for the liberalisation of trade between New Zealand and Australia. This liberalisation is to be ...

The Supplementary Minimum Price policy has been a major topic of debate in the past few years, but there have been relatively few attempts to quantify the impacts that the scheme has had on the agricultural sector. Although ...

The National Wheatgrowers' Survey is an annual survey being undertaken by the Agricultural Economics Research Unit at Lincoln College on behalf of the Wheat Growing Sub-Section of Federated Farmers of New Zealand Inc. This ...

Calculating the most appropriate replacement policy for farm tractors is a complex exercise made even more difficult because of inadequate data on how resale values and repair costs vary with tractor age and hours of ...