Over the last three seasons there has been a gradual increase in average carcass weight of export lambs slaughtered (Table 1). Favourable environmental and, to a certain extent, economic conditions have enabled and ...

This paper reviews the sheepmeat markets in three importing regions (North America, Japan and the Middle East) over the period 1960-80. These regions form so called 'development' markets for N.Z. sheepmeat exports as ...

Sheep farming is an important enterprise in the U.S.S.R., Mongolia and some of the Eastern European countries. The U.S.S.R., in fact, has the largest number of sheep in the world, though production is considerably lower ...

The majority of the world's sheepmeat exports come from the Southern Hemisphere, where production is based on extensive grazing systems. The three main exporters are Australia, N.Z. and Argentina. Australia's sheep ...

The pattern of production, consumption and trade in sheepmeats has distinct characteristics. Whilst most countries have a domestic sheep industry, very few are actively involved in international trade. The trade has ...

Agricultural policy in Japan has played an important role in limiting New Zealand's exports of agricultural products to that country. While there have been many specific changes in the policy over the last two decades, ...

The purpose of this paper is: 1. to discuss the methods of calculating interest rates that are commonly used in New Zealand; 2. to present case examples showing the difference between quoted and effective interest ...

Farm Ownership Savings Accounts are a popular method of saving for farm purchase and entry into sharefarming. As at 31 March 1981 there were nearly 7,000 account holders and deposits totalled approximately $29 million. The ...

The Department of Labour operates five job creation programmes, four to create permanent jobs in the private sector and one to create temporary jobs in the public sector. The private sector programmes have the dual aims ...

The EEC Sheepmeat Regime was introduced in October 1980, in order to establish a common market in sheepmeats within the Community. During the first year (1980/81) higher support prices led to increased supply in Britain ...