A study of a probability sample of 65 sheep farmers in Cheviot County, New Zealand, was undertaken mainly to secure information regarding attitudes of farmers toward the extension service of the Ministry of Agriculture and ...

This study examines the relationship between-farmers' motivation, as measured by orientation to work, and their adoption of new farm practices. Reviews of New Zealand agricultural extension research, of well-known ...

To work with farmers in improving their decision-making and financial situation it is important to have information about the on-farm help used in making farm decisions, as well as the off-farm help which farmers use. To ...

In June of 2008, a postal survey was conducted of dairy farmers in the LUDF catchment area of Canterbury and North Otago. The objective of the survey was to determine the demographics of farmers in the area and to gauge ...

In the 15 year period starting 1990 there has been a remarkable transformation of New Zealand’s pastoral agriculture. Dairy production measured as kilograms of milksolids has doubled. On sheep farms the number of ewes has ...

This research study outlines the investigative process to determine relevant factors initiating a change from conventional sheep farms to sheep dairy farms on the Canterbury plains and the potential of a sheep milking ...

Dairy farmers are under scrutiny for the negative effect their farming operations have on the environment, particularly in regard to nitrate leaching. The National Policy Statement for Freshwater has directed regional ...

Automatic Milking Systems (AMS) represent a revolutionary innovation in dairy farming, which not only replaces the physical labour required to harvest milk, but also influences the entire farm system. This dissertation ...

Cost benefit analysis is a tool for determining a project's economic worth to society. It implies the enumeration and evaluation of all the relevant costs and benefits associated with a project. At present irrigation ...

The study on which this report is based forms part of a research programme at Lincoln College aimed at understanding the likely effects of energy shortages and energy price rises on the New Zealand economy and on the ...