The Proceedings of the Lincoln College Farmers' Conference 1971
Abstract
The Lincoln College Farmers’ Conference was an annual event held over a period of thirty six years from 1951 to 1986. It was a forum for farmers with participation in the early years by district nomination. The strength of the Conference was the high number of papers contributed and presented by farmers, and the hard working organising committee. Notably some conference days saw more than five hundred attendees. The demise of the generic Lincoln College Farmers’ Conference in this format was largely due to the establishment of other more specific conferences including Weeds and Pests, Wool, and Sheep and Beef.... [Show full abstract]
Keywords
agricultural education; farmer education; farm industry; meat marketing; dairy produce marketing; labour management; large scale farming; lucerne farming; intensification; animal production; genetic improvementFields of Research
070106 Farm Management, Rural Management and Agribusiness; 140201 Agricultural Economics; 0702 Animal Production; 140211 Labour Economics; 070202 Animal Growth and Development; 0703 Crop and Pasture Production; 1505 MarketingDate
1971Type
MonographCollections
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