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Every effort has been made to ensure that the published information is correct at the time of printing, but readers should appreciate that prices do not remain stationery. The Financial Manual should therefore be used as a guide only. Trade names have been used to acquaint the reader with some of the products available, for clarity and for convenience. No preferential endorsement by the College is intended; no criticism is implied of any alternative product or of any product which does not appear in the Manuals.
The 1983 edition is published in two parts, Technical and Financial, each being two volumes. Both manuals have been extensively revised and updated, and some new material incorporated.
Prices quoted in these Manuals are those pertaining to the period from late 1982 to early 1983. These are likely to alter during the coming year, so that the Manual should be used as a guide only.
Trade names of various products are used only to acquaint the reader with some of the types available, and for clarity and convenience. No preferential endorsement by the College is intended. Nor is criticism of similar or alternative products implied.
Profitability in beef farming, as in most other sectors of
agriculture in New Zealand, is under pressure. Without having recourse
to price fixing on world markets, farmers can only relieve the pressure
by cost reducing or income enhancing management practices. One such
practice which is widespread in most of the beef producing nations of
the world, is the administration of anabolic or growth promoting agents
(GPAs) to beef cattle.
New Zealand farmers have had relatively limited opportunity to
take advantage of this technique. Concern on the part of some
importing nations, particularly within the EEC, regarding the
possibility of harmful residues in meat and other tissues of animals
treated with anabolic agents has prompted the New Zealand government to
adopt a conservative attitude towards licensing anabolic hormones as
GP...
It is now ten years since the report of the first Commission of
inquiry into the Meat Industry, led by the Honourable A.H. Nordmeyer,
was tabled before Parliament. Many of the recommendations of the
Nordmeyer Commission were incorporated into the Meat Act 1964, later
consolidated into the Meat Act 1981. Not all of the Commission's
recommendations have proven acceptable to the industry, notably the
short lived Meat Industry Authority which was set up in 1976 and
dissolved five years later, but there can be no question that this
inquiry, the first public inquiry into the legislative underpinnings of
New Zealand's largest export processing industry, has provided both a
stimulus for change and a vehicle by which change can occur.
This Discussion Paper is intended to consider some of the changes
that have followed on from the No...
This Discussion Paper presents a report on a literature survey
of alternative market structures, carried out under contract to the
Department of Trade and Industry.
This report has been divided into two Parts. Part 1 (Sections
2 to 7) presents summaries of papers grouped into studies of marketing
institutions and performance, discussions of some marketing options
available, analyses of market performance and brief comments on the
export market environment and economic and marketing theory. These
summaries are entirely drawn from the relevant papers and do not
necessarily reflect the judgements of the authors of this report. Part
2 (Sections 8 to 11) of the report presents a summary and discussion of
the results of the literature review, including key references.
Sections 8 and 9 outline the main characteristics of domestic
...
There is a demand for non-market valuation information in New Zealand which is likely to increase with current "more-market" policies. Information needs range from identifying non-market values, through methods for incorporating them in the decision-making process, to methods of measurement. New Zealand's unique cultural environment may preclude the wholesale adoption of approaches used elsewhere. There is a need for verification of overseas approaches. A small group of New Zealand researchers have gained competence in applying methods of measurement developed overseas and are in a position to make advances of international significance. The Centre for Resource Management intends to co-ordinate non-market valuation research in New Zealand in order to maximise the benefits of that research to all New Zealanders.
On the east coast of New Zealand, sheep and beef cattle are increasingly confined to dry hills and
un-irrigated flat land as land suitable for irrigation is converted to other uses. Dryland farming is
subject to significant variability in temperature and particularly rainfall between and within years
with the most important climate risk being the point at which soils dry out and pasture production
ceases in late spring/summer.
Improving pasture and animal performance and, in particular, the consistency of productivity and
profitability in the face of a highly variable climate is complicated. The challenge is to utilise the
3-5 month window of opportunity for production between August and the end of the year to best
advantage and without compromising the ability to feed ewes well in late summer/autumn prior to
mating.
Key vari...
The West Coast Blue Penguin Trust was formed in 2004 by concerned local residents to conduct surveys and research into the conservation of the blue penguin, Eudyptula minor. The project was community driven with research carried out at Lincoln University.
On the West Coast, residents had noticed a decline in numbers of blue penguins, but the evidence was anecdotal. No bird counts or distribution surveys had been made, so numbers were unrecorded, and the breeding season was also unknown. The West Coast Blue Penguin Trust have conducted surveys and research, and have been raising public awareness of the potential threats to blue penguins.
The rose-grain aphid (RGA) is an introduced pest which attacks cereals and can cause considerable loss of yield. It is a pest of some economic concern in affected grain
growing areas of New Zealand. In 1985 the DSIR introduced a parasitoid, Aphidius rhopalosiphi, in an effort to control
RGA by biological means. This study aims to perform an economic evaluation of the biocontrol of RGA in New Zealand.
