This discussion paper updates the data on gross capital formation in the AERU research report titled: Capital formation in New Zealand agriculture, 1946-67.

This report represents a further extension of the activitles of the unit in cost of production studies. It is the result of a contract between the New Zealand Milk Board and the New Zealand Town Milk Producers' Federation ...

Income variability is one of the serious disadvantages of farming. It makes it difficult to organize farm development wisely and upsets the farm family's standard of living. In the past there have been boom years when ...

Britain, along with Ireland, Denmark and Norway will become a full member or the European Economic Community (EC) in January 1973. Thus the original signatories of the Treaty of Rome of 1957 (France, West Germany, Italy, ...

This study concerns the economics of a particular section of the food distribution industry in New Zealand, namely that part responsible for distributing fresh fruit and vegetables. Distribution costs are measured as the ...

The study of supply has always interested agricultural economists. A complete understanding of the supply behaviour of farmers under different price situations is the basis of most teaching in agricultural economics and a ...

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 ...

This report documents peak flows through the New Zealand wool marketing system, and outlines various strategies for smoothing these peaks. Ideally manufacturers would require a steady supply of wool over the manufacturing ...

This paper begins by distinguishing between investment from the individual and national viewpoints; purchase of existing assets is investment only for the individual whilst the creation of new assets is investment for both ...

New Zealand stone fruit constitutes a multi-million dollar industry. Possibly because the industry exports very little in either value or quantity terms little research work has been completed in this industry. Little is ...