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An assessment of the effects of road dust on agricultural production systems
(Lincoln College. Agricultural Economics Research Unit., 1984-08)
It has been proposed that the dust drifting on to farmland
adjacent to unsealed roads can reduce the volume and value of
agricultural production from that land. The objective of this report
is to describe an investigation ...
The future of the Common Agricultural Policy and its implications for New Zealand
(Lincoln College. Agricultural and Economics Research Unit., 1984-06)
The development and continued viability of the New Zealand economy
is based on the competitiveness of the agricultural sector and the
opportunities for sales of its output on the main world markets for
food. This ...
The current situation and policies of the New Zealand cereals sector
(Lincoln College (University of Canterbury). Agricultural Economics Research Unit., 1984-12)
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 ...
The agricultural sector in New Zealand : a joint farm-industrial perspective
(Agricultural Economics Research Unit, Lincoln College., 1984-10)
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 ...
The New Zealand farm business and the current changes in its structure
(Agricultural Economics Research Unit, Lincoln College., 1984-10)
Farming is an industry which depends on the work, decisions and
competence of a large number of individual farmers, each of them running
their own farm business. These business units vary widely in the resources
at their ...
Financing New Zealand horticulture
(Lincoln College. Agricultural and Economics Research Unit., 1984-10)
Some of the limelight has shifted in the past decade from the pastoral industry to the horticultural industry, but a
substantial contribution to overseas earnings is still made by the pastoral sector. Profitability, from ...
The optimal location of egg production in New Zealand
(Lincoln College. Agricultural Economics Research Unit., 1984-10)
The operation of production control in the New Zealand egg industry has tended to result in the sub-optimal location of production facilities. This study was instigated to: (i) determine the optimal
location of egg ...
Consider Japan : papers from a seminar conducted by the Japan Centre of Christchurch held at the Chamber of Commerce conference room, 11 May 1983
(Lincoln College. Agricultural Economics Research Unit., 1984-01)
The first paper reviews the trade and economic relations between
New Zealand and Japan. R.M. Miller gives a detailed description of the
importance of Japan to New Zealand both as an export market and as a
supplier of ...
The economics of controlling gorse in hill country : goats versus chemicals
(Lincoln College. Agricultural Economics Research Unit., 1984-03)
The aim of this study was to assess the economics of controlling gorse in hill country by comparing the use of goat and sheep grazing with chemical control. The New Zealand environment has suited the growth of gorse (an ...
An economic survey of New Zealand town milk producers, 1982-83
(Lincoln College. Agricultural Economics Research Unit., 1984-10)
The principal objective of the 1982-83 survey was to determine the average net farm income received by town milk producers in New Zealand. Information produced by the survey is used for a variety of purposes. It assists ...