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Meal based pig production - Canterbury survey 1967-1969
(Lincoln College. Department of Farm Management and Rural Valuation, 1970)
With large sums of capital invested in fattening and breeding facilities, coupled with the uncertainty of pigmeat prices, the survey has confirmed that the modern pig farmer must maintain high levels of efficiency.
The ...
Farm machinery syndicates
(Lincoln College. Department of Farm Management and Rural Valuation., 1972)
Current economic conditions are forcing a number of farmers to re-appraise their programmes of machinery replacement. Historically plant has been a significant component of Total Farm Capital on many New Zealand farms, ...
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 ...
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 ...
Feed grain consumption in New Zealand
(Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, 1973)
Traditionally, the New Zealand Economy relies on the production of livestock and livestock products for export. Production is based on the grazing of pastures and specialised feed crops in situ.
In recent years, there ...
Management and economic aspects of the development of pakihi
(Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, 1969)
The West Coast of the South Island occupies almost 10 percent of the total area of New Zealand and covers the counties of Buller, Inangahua, Grey and Westland. Only 14 per cent of the total area of the region is occupied, ...
The social impacts of horticultural development in Canterbury : a project submitted in fulfillment of M. Sc. (Resource Management) paper RESM 604
(Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, 1984)
This is a study of the social aspects of agricultural land use change, in particular, the intensification of pastoral and arable land through the development of irrigation and field-scale horticultural production systems ...
Investment analysis of beef syndicates
(Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, 1972)
Syndication and co-operation in some areas of agriculture are now quite common. At the farm level, for example, significant advantages may accrue from group ownership of machinery, labour and livestock.
Hagen (1971) ...
A model for decision making under non-certainty on Canterbury light land farms
(Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, 1979)
Annual production on Canterbury light land sheep farms fluctuates markedly. A major reason for this is the extreme climatic variability both between years and between seasons. This has a major, effect on feed supply, and ...