Dairy
Brown, Cathy
The business case for gender diversity is well documented; women make up 46% of the New Zealand workforce, women control 65% of global spending (Continuum) and yet how does New Zealand agribusiness sit in the leadership space? The Human Rights Commission report of August 2010 ( NZ Human Rights Commission, 2010) indicates that 11.84% is … Read more
- 2012
- Kellogg 28
Sharon Morrell
- 2011
- Kellogg 27
Kirkwood, Greg
My initial intention was to explore Trading Among Farmers (TAF) benefits, as an option for family succession. I believed TAF could be used as an alternative to, or combination of asset distribution, retirement cashflow, family succession vehicle etc … During the ‘education’ process it became apparent that TAF’s options and its flexibility would be wide … Read more
- 2011
- Kellogg 27
Wynn, Kate
This report provides an overview of some of the developments in technology and how they have impacted on dairy farming at an industry level as well as an individual level. The process of innovation and adoption that can be applied to farmers is discussed, followed by a review of how proven precision technology is being … Read more
- 2011
- Kellogg 27
Desiree Reid
This Nuffield Report seeks to answer the question “How do Dairy Cooperatives Grow for Farmers’ benefit?” It is set in the context of New Zealand’s need to increase its earning capability to match Australia. As New Zealand’s largest company, and second largest industry, Fonterra’s future plays an important role in our economy. The question is … Read more
- 2010
- Nuffield 2010
Metcalfe Quentin, LJ
Politically and publicly it has been decided that water quality and quantity are fundamentally important for the future of New Zealand. While this appears to be an appropriate goal that fits with our Clean Green and Pure NZ slogans it overlooks the challenge that it imposes on the primary production sector. Finding the balance between … Read more
- 2010
- Kellogg 26
Bartlett, Ellen
The purpose of this report is to look at whether the amount of money spent by Fonterra on research and development is enough. Currently Fonterra spend around 1% of turn over on research and development. The body of the report looks at where this money is spent and whether more would be advantageous. Shareholders councillors … Read more
- 2010
- Kellogg 26
Salvesen, Michael I. C.
Pastoral Farmers in New Zealand are renowned for their expertise and ability to grow grass and to convert that to meat and milk more efficiently than anyone else. This may well be the case although how near that is to the economic optimum is what this project aims to find out. The perception is that … Read more
- 2010
- Kellogg 26
Mandi McLeod
The term ‘succession’ is usually used in the narrowest sense of asset transfer between generations with little attention paid to management succession in the case of a (family) farm business or succession of board members at a board and governance level. With agriculture contributing approximately 15% of GDP, New Zealand’s aging agricultural population is of … Read more
- 2009
- Nuffield 2009
Wills, Grant
What is our dairy pasture really worth? Or, more importantly, what are we prepared to pay for the land that it grows on? Through this report, seven farm performance parameters have been compared with the value offarm sales in the Matamata-Piako district. The two physical parameters, pasture production, and milksolids production, have been compared with … Read more
- 2009
- Kellogg 25
Walter John, B
Synlait has an established pasture monitoring system across all the Synlait dairy farms. The objective is to provide accurate, consistent and comparable measurements that can be used for management decisions, including pasture allocation, surplus identification and regrassing options. The Synlait pasture monitoring service has provided a vast amount of data on pasture growth rate and … Read more
- 2008
- Kellogg 24
van Beek, G
Dairy farmers take feed and convert that to milk and other farm products which are converted, typically in New Zealand by member co-operatives into marketable products for sale. The net revenue is distributed back to members through various payment models with the aim of providing clear market signals as to the value of their milk. … Read more
- 2008
- Kellogg 24
Les Keeper
For as long as I can remember, the catch cry of New Zealand agricultural producers has been to “add value”. Governments and business circles have pointed the stick at the agricultural sector demanding we step up and add value to our commodity products by further processing and marketing before we on-sell that produce. Dairy companies … Read more
- 2007
- Nuffield 2007
Kyte Richard, J
I believe the New Zealand dairy industry is being compromised by understaffing on farms, especially larger units of 600 cows or more. This has become a significantly greater problem in the last 10 years and specifically in the South Island with larger farm sizes and cow numbers rapidly increasing. As the dairy industry grows to … Read more
- 2007
- Kellogg 23
van Polanen, J
In recent years the van Polanen farm has intensified the grass based dairy operation which is the core activity of their farming business and it became necessary to use the limited water resource more efficiently. New technologies and practices in spray irrigation prompted an investigation into the economics of changing from border-dyke irrigation to spray … Read more
- 2007
- Kellogg 23
Jennifer McDonald
- 2006
- Kellogg 22
Sharpin Richard
The Clydevale Clinton Quality Employers Group has been set up to specifically meet the needs of our 20 plus dairy farmer members. In setting up the processes and procedures for the group we have endeavoured to meet critical employment standards in areas of our industry that often create problems. This has included: – Capping hours … Read more
- 2006
- Kellogg 22
McGill Paul, B
Productivity increases by farms over the past twenty years have been large. Farmers are always looking for ways to increase output, especially in the last ten years in a period of high market returns for farm products. Productivity increases have been partly achieved through intensification. Intensification of farming systems over the last ten years has … Read more
- 2006
- Kellogg 22
Scrimgeour John, R
Getting cows in calf has always been a concern for dairy farmers. The term “close to profit” describing a cow as being close to calving and earning an income sums up the need to get cows “in-calf”. Maximising the number of cows in calf or pregnant also maximises farmers opportunity to cull cows for other … Read more
- 2006
- Kellogg 22
Maughan Greg
The New Zealand Dairy Industry has been the envy of the world for decades for its ability to allow young people the opportunity to undertake a career path which progresses to farm ownership. So much so that it is almost a tradition that people move on to or have as their ultimate goal ‘farm ownership’. … Read more
- 2006
- Kellogg 22
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
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
Andrew Watters
The quality of our NZ economy depends on our ability to acquire, protect, translate, combine and apply knowledge. This knowledge is required to solve today’s problems and to prepare the ground for solving tomorrow’s. Without new knowledge, and new combinations of knowledge, there will be no innovation. And without innovation, NZ will struggle to keep … Read more
- 2005
- Nuffield 2004