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Benchmarking and management behaviours of top sheep and beef cattle farmers
(Lincoln University, 2001)
The aim of this dissertation was to gain an insight into the use of benchmarking in the current management practices of top performing sheep and beef cattle farmers in the South Island of New Zealand. The more specific ...
Organic livestock farming : main issues and management strategies implemented by farmers : case studies in Canterbury, New Zealand : a dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Applied Science at Lincoln University
(Lincoln University, 2001)
The aims of this study were to identify a) the main issues faced by some organic livestock farmers, b) the management strategies adopted by them to deal with those issues and c) the economic incentives associated with ...
New Zealand dairy industry 2001: analysis of challenges, opportunities & external factors impacting this industry
(Lincoln University. Faculty of Commerce. Kellogg Rural Leaders Programme., 2001)
The New Zealand Dairy Industry is a resourced based highly fragmented industry with the
distinctive competency of low cost production of milk-to-milk product.
Fonterra co-operative has been created from a merger of three ...
Maximising profitability in the NZ sheep industry
(Lincoln University. Faculty of Commerce. Kellogg Rural Leaders Programme., 2001)
This assignment is written from the perspective of a sheep breeder and
traces the history and the present day activities of the NZ Sheep Industry
through a practical point of view. Maximising the profitability of the ...
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 ...
New Zealand agriculture: passive investment opportunities
(Lincoln University. Faculty of Commerce. Kellogg Rural Leaders Programme., 2001)
With a positive outlook and a passion for agriculture and a dream of one day
owning a farm the purpose of my report has been to research opportunities
that exist for 'passive investment' in agriculture. That is to ...
Perceptions of a career in the dairy industry : survey of Taranaki secondary school students
(Lincoln University. Faculty of Commerce. Kellogg Rural Leaders Programme., 2001)
A prediction has been made that by the year 2005, we are going to need another 5000
people in the dairy industry. We are currently struggling to attract enough of the right
people. I am concerned about where these people ...
Sheep and beef equity farming - an opportunity
(Lincoln University. Faculty of Commerce. Kellogg Rural Leaders Programme., 2001)
Many New Zealand sheep and beef farmers are operating marginally viable farms. These people
often justify remaining. In farming by quoting that farming is not so much for the money but the
lifestyle.
When the financial ...
Federated farmers of New Zealand (Inc.) 1941 - 2001
(Lincoln University. Faculty of Commerce. Kellogg Rural Leaders Programme., 2001)
When trying to think of a subject for my project during the Kellogg
Leadership Program, I became aware of the lack of knowledge of Federated
Farmers by some of the attendees on the program with me. Although there
was wide ...