Kellogg Programme Reports
Wright Lester
Increased nitrogen application has potential to achieve “step change” in forage production and productivity of hill country properties. This paper reports the results of a financial evaluation of high rates of nitrogen at Limestone Downs where the farms management have experienced difficulty in meeting sheep and cattle feed requirements in late winter and spring. High … Read more
- 2005
- Kellogg 21
Mason Andrew, J
Poverty is defined as scarcity and lack. Poverty has global impact with almost half of the worlds population living on less than US $1 per day. Poverty fuels instability and an insecure society. With the World becoming an ever smaller community, instability and insecurity in one nation affects the stability and cost of doing business … Read more
- 2005
- Kellogg 21
McLeod, Mandi
The New Zealand Dairy industry is committed to developing the knowledge and skills of its farmers by investing time, energy and money into training activities. What is uncertain is how effective this training is in terms of learning. Fleming and Bonwell (1980) believe that the effectiveness of training is largely determined by the learning styles … Read more
- 2005
- Kellogg 21
Muller Margaret
The world of finance can be extremely confusing and complicated to the everyday person especially when this is not a primary part of a person’s business life. This introduction to finance lightly touches upon a few topics, very briefly. An effort has been made to distil out some basic facts that may be of interest … Read more
- 2005
- Kellogg 21
Crawford, Mark
To determine what the challenges are to rural primary health care, and make recommendations to enhance sustainable service provision. My objective is to qualify the future needs of Community Health Trusts. They must meet the Ministry of Health directives regarding Primary Healthcare. These are as stated in the back to back contracts between PHOs and … Read more
- 2005
- Kellogg 21
Crum Michael, P
One of the main problems we face orcharding in the Whangarei district is the encroachment of lifestyle residential properties and people buying orchards as lifestyle (residential) blocks. Traditional spraying of organophosphates and other toxic chemicals is at best tolerated and in some cases an unacceptable risk. Spraying oils may be part of the solution to … Read more
- 2005
- Kellogg 21
Tod Peter, E
Historically, New Zealand farms have predominately been in family ownership, over time ownership of the land passed from one generation to the next. Over the previous five years, rapidly escalating land prices have made it very difficult for farming families to achieve this. However, there have been some farming operations that through good business planning, … Read more
- 2005
- Kellogg 21
Garland Chris
The agribusiness consultancy profession has undergone significant change since the early 1980’s. An early finding in this investigation is that the profession has evolved largely in reaction to changes in the industry. There has been very little proactive change. There hasn’t been a lot of leadership. Sole traders and small consultancy firms are currently not … Read more
- 2005
- Kellogg 21
McLeod Dianne, C
Statistics reveal around 6800 new lifestyle blocks are created each year. Yet surprisingly little is known about “Lifestylers” – nobody knows for sure whether the anecdotal data reported in media matches the reality of life on a lifestyle block. This research was undertaken to investigate people who have purchased and live on lifestyle properties on … Read more
- 2005
- Kellogg 21
Watson Sarah
Team Building is one of those trendy Human Resources buzzwords that get thrown around when we think we should be doing something for our staff But what is it? Is it worthwhile? Will it be worth the cost, time and effort? Many employers have organized Team Building activities for their staff and then later questioned … Read more
- 2005
- Kellogg 21
Begg Linda, R
The research for this paper was done in Otago but there is every reason to expect that it would apply equally to any region in New Zealand. It is intended as a guide to any farmer contemplating a stand alone power system. Individual farm circumstances make it unlikely that all the answers could be provided. … Read more
- 2005
- Kellogg 21
Morris Alan
This report identifies the opportunity for dairy farm development work in China, which lead to the formation of the company Agricultural Developments International Ltd (ADiL’s). The report summarises the challenges and influences effecting ADiL in its quest to find a suitable starting point for agriculture development in China. The report covers a number of the … Read more
- 2005
- Kellogg 21
Moynihan, Pete
With the popularisation of equity partnerships during the last 15 years in the dairy industry, it was decided that a review of what characterises success and lack of success within equity partnerships would be useful. This would enable recommendations to be put to existing and prospective investors in equity partnerships. This is a small “snapshot” … Read more
- 2005
- Kellogg 21
Goudie Ross
As part of our function as National Councillors clause 25.1 of the constitution requires us to monitor the board. For all concerned this should be done efficiently and with everyone knowing what is expected to happen and when. The process should develop to a point that both parties have acceptance and respect for the work … Read more
- 2004
- Kellogg 20
Collin, Richard L.
Although this is a historical report briefly showing what occurred over 4 years tackling an ongoing issue of seasonal labour demands, this executive summary outlines the general principles of success in this instance. The PickNZ report sets the scene with the industry really having nothing, runs through what was found and focuses upon an effective … Read more
- 2004
- Kellogg 20
Clayton Greene Campbell
Every company has a reputation. Everyone you meet will form an opinion about your company, even if they have not done business with you yet. The challenge is to manage your reputation so that the opinion that people have of you is positive. This is what creates a brand. Branding will not have merit if … Read more
- 2004
- Kellogg 20
Woods Gail
The issues surrounding retention and training of staff in the dairy industry have become a ‘catch cry’ over the last five years as the industry expands and skill shortages intensify. “Are we achieving the results we need to help grow the industry and are the training methods we are currently using meeting the needs of … Read more
- 2004
- Kellogg 20
Hogg, Richard
The February floods 2004 were dramatic in our recent river history and may have changed the way our whole river systems are managed, farmed and where we live. This report is a case study of the Rangitikei River but is only a model for many other river systems in New Zealand. Hogg, Richard
- 2004
- Kellogg 20
Gasquoine David, J
The co-operative business model has been in existence since 1844. It is estimated that today, at least 50% of the world’s population is, in some way, affected by co-operative activity. Most of this activity is in the agricultural sector where groups of farmers have formed co-operatives. This provides them with some collective strength and security … Read more
- 2004
- Kellogg 20
Limmer Bryan
Intrigued by a Ministry for the Environment report on the value of New Zealand’s clean green image in dollar terms; and the economic possibilities of branding products to such a flagship, led me to research the topic further – with a commodity product – apples -as an example. As an orchardist, I am well aware … Read more
- 2004
- Kellogg 20
Riley Michelle
Harakeke has been one of the most economically important native plant resources in New Zealand’s history. With the use of early technology its fibre was extracted and put to many uses firstly by Maori, then by later immigrants. A resurgence of interest in maori culture sees weavers in New Zealand learning older traditional techniques. From … Read more
- 2004
- Kellogg 20
Crofoot Emily, W
The aim of my project, “Rates!”, is to review the basis from which rates demands are calculated. The question to be asked: is a property value base in fact the most equitable basis for assessing rates? Many agricultural regions of New Zealand are under pressure from changes to alternative land use. This is therefore reflected … Read more
- 2004
- Kellogg 20
Hunt Andrew, D
The objective of this project is to demystify lobbying by studying a lobbying campaign and finding some key principles to apply to other campaigns. How is a campaign started? What are the key elements to a lobbying campaign? There must be some interesting people who have enough passion and energy to put their head above … Read more
- 2004
- Kellogg 20
McIntosh Chris
The following report attempts to investigate Boards of Trustees’ perceptions and ability to facilitate effective school mergers. Specific focus will be placed on: • determining whether Boards are effective in facilitating school mergers and to identify barriers (if any) in achieving acceptable and sustainable educational outcomes in terms of student achievement; and • identifying various … Read more
- 2004
- Kellogg 20