The past five years have seen substantial change in the New Zealand meat industry. Control of marketing of New Zealand meat by the Meat Producers' Board led to changing roles for many companies and for the Board itself. ...

In view of the rapid growth of agricultural education and training and the amount of Government funding involved, it is questioned whether the system inherited from the past is equipped to serve the best interests of the ...

The theme for the 1986 Conference of the New Zealand Branch of the Australian Agricultural Economics Society was Economic Liberalisation in Agriculture: An International Comparison. The organising committee adopted ...

The themes for the 1987 Conference of the New Zealand Branch of the Australian Agricultural Economics Society were Future Fiscal Directions, Trade Negotiation, and State Owned Enterprises. This discussion paper includes ...

The papers presented at the 1985 Conference of the New Zealand Branch of the Australian Agricultural Economics Society reflect the concern with current policy issues, and interest in applied problems facing the agricultural ...

In New Zealand's agricultural sector, the dominant position of pastoral enterprises has resulted in relatively little importance being attached to the production of arable crops. At times of strong demand and remunerative ...

Two issues which have attracted the attention of economists and policymakers in New Zealand in recent years are a decline in the size of the farming sub sector relative to the New Zealand economy, and slow rates of ...

Although in the past pig production has been an important export industry, today it is only concerned with the domestic market. It is an industry which has not benefitted from direct government subvention, as has been ...

This survey is the third in a series of New Zealand Farmer Intentions and Opinions. All have been aimed at providing policy makers and those in the agri-business sector in New Zealand with data on which they can formulate ...

This report is the second in an annual series of economic surveys which concentrate on financial aspects of New Zealand wheatgrowing farms. These surveys have been undertaken by the Agricultural Economics Research Unit ...