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Balancing governance and management in family farming businesses with multiple properties : A dissertation submitted in a partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Professional Studies at Lincoln University
(Lincoln University, 2007)
This dissertation aims to build a conceptual model for explaining the critical success factors required for family farming businesses with multiple properties to balance governance and management. This is an area of relevance ...
Do runoffs pay?
(Lincoln University. Department of Agricultural Management and Property Studies, 2006)
One of the ongoing debates amongst farmers and consultants is whether runoffs pay. Last summer Brendan Richards, as part of his Master of Applied Science studies at Lincoln University, decided to get some numbers on what ...
Agricultural meat marketing co-operatives
(Lincoln University. Faculty of Commerce. Kellogg Rural Leaders Programme., 2008-11)
New Zealand livestock farmers have faced unsustainably low returns for their
livestock, particularly lamb, over the last three years.
Their response has been to pressure the NZ meat processing and marketing
companies, ...
Rural women - my story
(Lincoln University. Faculty of Commerce. Kellogg Rural Leaders Programme., 2002)
This is my chronicle in which I am recording the last few months of interesting and
unforeseen circumstances in my life. My husband had a stint in hospital with an
infected hand. Finally
after two weeks I realized the ...
Corporate farm labour : an indication of main labour issues facing some of New Zealand's corporate farming entities
(Lincoln University. Faculty of Commerce. Kellogg Rural Leaders Programme., 2007)
Labour, or the shortage thereof in NZ is an issue across all industries, and agriculture
is no less affected than any other. The growth in land values in the past 5 years see's
the affordability of purchase and economic ...
The effectiveness of the Commodity Levies Act for long-term research
(Lincoln University. Faculty of Commerce. Kellogg Rural Leaders Programme., 2003)
Concern has been expressed within primary industries that the Commodity
Levies Act 1990 does not cater for long term research due to the restrictions on
'commercial activities' in particular, and the six year term of the ...
Business relationships and their connectors in fresh produce supply chains in New Zealand
(Lincoln University, 2005)
This research investigates the way that firms in New Zealand fresh produce supply chains manage business relationships to fulfil customer requirements and take account of market and situational factors. A theoretical ...
The New Zealand meat industry to 2025: threats, opportunities and a way forward
(Lincoln University. Faculty of Commerce. Kellogg Rural Leaders Programme., 2007)
This report aims to assess the future of the New Zealand sheep and beef sector
through to 2025. The assessment is based on an examination of the internal and
external constraints that will influence meat production and ...
Dairy breeding traits : the farmers' perception
(Lincoln University, 2006)
The aim of this study was to identify which breeding traits New Zealand dairy farmers believed were the most important and whether variations in farm system influenced these opinions.
A random sample of 2000 herds, ...
The monitor farms programme : a case study in Canterbury
(Lincoln University, 2001)
The monitor farms programme is an industry-funded extension methodology, which takes a whole farm approach, using a business view of farming. As such it is a worthy complement to the one-to-one consultancy. Financial surveys ...