The study presented in this research report provides a comprehensive review of the theories put forward to explain land price movements and applies the models which those theories develop, to the New Zealand situation. ...

Some farmers, and consultants, are better at their job than their colleagues. A branch of artificial intelligence known as expert systems attempts to capture this difference (their expertise) in computer based systems and ...

The overseas freight bill for New Zealand is estimated for the year ending 30 June 1980 to be $1.2 billion. The burden of this freight charge predominantly falls on New Zealand exporters and importers. Since a high ...

This report presents the results of a preliminary econometric analysis of the factors affecting town milk consumption in New Zealand. The study objectives are: (1) to review overseas studies which have examined the ...

The themes for the 1989 Conference of the New Zealand Branch of the Australian Agricultural Economics Society include: Meat Industry, Farm Finance, Agricultural Policy, Dairying, Energy Pricing, Privatising Water, Kiwifruit ...

The period 1964-79 was an eventful period for New Zealand's rural industries, dominated by economic and financial difficulties. Profitability was inadequate in certain periods, a situation which was aggravated by the ...

Farm labour is a resource which has been given less research attention in past years than it has deserved. This is true both from the point of view of efficient resource use as well as from a social and rural community point ...

This report is the fourth in an annual series of economic surveys of New Zealand wheatgrowing farms. These surveys have been undertaken by the Agricultural Economics Research Unit at Lincoln College on behalf of Wheat ...

Part 1 of this report presents the findings of a study of the distribution costs and margins involved in the potato industry. Only the main crop potato distribution channels from grower to retailer are examined. Distribution ...

The purpose of this economic analysis is to provide financial data relating to those New Zealand wheatgrowing farms that participated in the 1981-82 wheat enterprise survey. The analysis was based upon the annual financial ...