The Proceedings of the Lincoln College Farmers' Conference 1961
Abstract
The Lincoln College Farmers’ Conference was an annual event held over a period of thirty six years from 1951 to 1986. It was a forum for farmers with participation in the early years by district nomination. The strength of the Conference was the high number of papers contributed and presented by farmers, and the hard working organising committee. Notably some conference days saw more than five hundred attendees. The demise of the generic Lincoln College Farmers’ Conference in this format was largely due to the establishment of other more specific conferences including Weeds and Pests, Wool, and Sheep and Beef.... [Show full abstract]
Keywords
agricultural education; farmer education; farm industry; meat marketing; meat production; beef cattle; sheep parasites; arable farming; agricultural economics; pasture production; animal health; ruminants; farm forestry; crop rotationFields of Research
140201 Agricultural Economics; 070106 Farm Management, Rural Management and Agribusiness; 070204 Animal Nutrition; 070203 Animal Management; 070305 Crop and Pasture Improvement (Selection and Breeding); 070501 Agroforestry; 070205 Animal Protection (Pests and Pathogens)Date
1961-05Type
MonographCollections
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