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Farmers' attitudes toward the farm advisory service : a study in Cheviot County, North Canterbury, New Zealand
(Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, 1981)
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 ...
Land development by Government 1945-69
(Lincoln College. Agricultural Economics Research Unit., 1971)
From the earliest European settlement in New Zealand the
wealth of the country has depended heavily upon agriculture. With
a lack of useful mineral resources, small population, isolation
from markets, moist temperate ...
Attitudes and opinions of high country pastoral farms concerning exotic forestry
(Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, 1986)
There has been an increasing demand by the private sector for the realisation of the productive potential of the high country while at the same time the public voice demanding the management and protection of the South ...
The interactive effects of nitrogen fertiliser and animal urine on nitrogen efficiency and losses in New Zealand dairy farming systems
(Lincoln University, 2013)
The loss of nitrogen (N) through nitrate (NO₃⁻) leaching and nitrous oxide (N₂O) emissions from pastoral dairy systems is one of the largest challenges facing the New Zealand agricultural industry. Nitrate leaching ...
Intake studies in grazing beef and dairy cattle
(Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, 1969)
In recent years there has been a growing demand for increased levels of efficiency in the pastoral industry. To achieve this the efficiency of conversion of the individual animal must be measured by equating its level of ...
A systems approach to the study of grazing management on Canterbury seasonal supply dairy farms
(Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, 1986)
Seasonal supply dairying in Canterbury operates under different conditions to those prevailing in the North Island of New Zealand. This study examines the current grazing management of Canterbury farmers, suggesting ...
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 ...
An economic study of wheat-farms in Springs County
(Canterbury Agricultural College, University of New Zealand, 1929)
“Wheat is by far the most valuable plant in the world. It is the main source of food for modern Europe, for much of Asia for America and Australasia.
In view of its importance it is strange that there should be no record ...
The effect of higher energy costs on New Zealand beef producers' exports to United States
(Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, 1980)
In this thesis the energy intensity of marginal New Zealand and United States beef production is estimated and the effect of any difference on New Zealand beef producers' exports to the United States is analysed.
After ...
The effects of livestock grazing in a snow tussock (Chionochloa species) grassland, Mt Grand, Otago
(Lincoln University, 2003)
Uncertainty surrounds the extent to which livestock grazing drives changes in tussock grassland vegetation. The overall aim of this study is to examine the effects of livestock grazing on high altitude snow tussock grassland, ...