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An econometric study of the New Zealand pig-meat market
(Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, 1981)
This thesis describes an econometric investigation of the New Zealand, pig-meat market over the period 1969 to 1979. The objective of the study is to provide policy-makers within the pig industry with a model of their ...
Transaction cost theory and the establishment of statutory marketing boards for the primary sector : an application to the New Zealand goat fibre industry
(Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, 1988)
The objective of this study was to establish a theory able to explain the reasons for the formation of horizontal associations in primary product industries. It
was felt that such work would help to understand why such ...
An analysis of factor costs in the New Zealand meat processing industry
(Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, 1984)
This thesis analyses the factor costs of killing and processing sheep and lambs from works gate to ex-works in a New Zealand processing company.
It examines the effect of throughput numbers on these factor costs using ...
The influence of natural resource endowments on the economics of high country pastoral farming
(Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, 1984)
The study examines how high country pastoral enterprises might have their economic efficiency affected by differences in their land resources. Its approach is to make use of landform-soil classification of high country ...
Influence of individual beef cuts on net carcass value
(Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, 1983)
The purpose of this study was to derive an improved method of calculating the value of export beef carcasses so that market demands are accurately reflected back to the producer.
The existing method of schedule calculation ...
Agro-forestry evaluation: using goal programming: a case study in the Canterbury foothills
(Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, 1986)
The assessment of multiple land uses is a challenging area in applied policy-related research. The question of which land use combinations best meet the needs of society is complicated by the fact that various use options ...
An economic evaluation of the role of market price information in producer decision making
(Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, 1987)
Additional market information has been identified by horticultural producers as an important input into their production and marketing decisions. One source of such information is a public market information service. The ...
A systems approach to the economic evaluation of nitrogen fertiliser use in sheep farming enterprises
(Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, 1985)
An optimisation model is developed to evaluate the economic use of nitrogen fertiliser in sheep farming enterprises which depend on seasonal production of grass-legume pastures as the main source of feed. Nitrogen fertiliser ...
Anaerobic digestion of poultry manure: a technology with a future in New Zealand?
(Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, 1986)
Anaerobic digestion is a promising technology for processing waste poultry manure. There are three useful products - methane (fuel), effluent (fertiliser), and carbon dioxide. Environmental problems associated with current ...
The New Zealand pastoral livestock sector : an econometric model
(Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, 1982)
New Zealand's farming system is largely pastoral-based. Sheep, beef cattle, and dairy cattle graze grass and clover pastures, converting the pasture into meat, wool, milk fat, and other animal products.
For convenience, ...