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Trends in rural land prices in New Zealand 1954-1969
(Lincoln College. Agricultural Economics Research Unit., 1971)
This paper examines post-war trends in rural land prices. New Zealand has a freehold system of land tenure and a land registration system based on the Torrens system first used in South Australia. As a result, reliable ...
Index to New Zealand agricultural publications 1964
(Lincoln College. Agricultural Economics Research Unit., 1967)
This booklet contains references to almost all New Zealand published work in the agricultural field in 1964. The list comprises two selections: the first, which is arranged alphabetically by subject headings, includes ...
Processing peas : a survey of growers’ returns 1967/68
(Lincoln College. Agricultural Economics Research Unit., 1968)
In recent years, some 12,000 acres in New Zealand has been used for green pea production for processing. The greater proportion of this land is in Hawkes Bay, but commercial crops are also grown in Nelson, Marlborough, ...
An evaluation of the Southland flood relief temporary employment programme
(Lincoln College. Agricultural Economics Research Unit., 1979-11)
The 1979 Budget statement reasserted the Government’s commitment to full employment as a policy objective but considered that inflation and the balance of payments limited the scope of monetary and fiscal measures to ...
An evaluation of farm ownership savings accounts
(Lincoln College. Agricultural and Economics Research Unit., 1981-12)
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 ...
Quality in the New Zealand wheat and flour markets
(Lincoln College. Agricultural and Economics Research Unit., 1982-12)
Interest in the quality of New Zealand wheat and flour is
ever ongoing. A further catalyst to interest in the topic was the
announcement that New Zealand farmgate wheat prices would be directly linked
with world prices ...
Maori fishing rights in New Zealand : an economic perspective
(Lincoln College. Agricultural and Economics Research Unit., 1986-06)
The present call for recognition of Maori fishing rights is
based on the Treaty of Waitangi. Similarities between the Maori rights
and recent developments with North American Indian fishing rights are
presented and ...
An economic analysis of soil conservation and land retirement on South Island high country
(Lincoln College. Agricultural Economics Research Unit., 1970)
In this paper, the soil conservation plan for Grasmere Station, Cass, is examined from the economic point of view. The conservation plan was drawn up in 1964 by the North Canterbury Catchment Board, and was to cover the 7 ...
Economic problems of New Zealand agriculture
(Lincoln College. Agricultural Economics Research Unit., 1968-04)
Before devaluation in November 1967, New Zealand faced the most marked deflationary pressure on the economy since the 1930’s. Since 1964, economic policies had emphasised the need for growth, based on an expanding flow ...
New Zealand agriculture and oil price increases
(Lincoln College. Agricultural Economics Research Unit., 1979)
This paper is based on the assumptions that world oil
resources are finite and that world oil production will peak sometime
in the 1980s or 1990s (Hughes & Mesarovic 1978 : 139).
Such a scenario is now widely accepted ...