Meat and Fibre
Matt Smith
This report examines how to change from a supply chain strategy to a value chain strategy and what that means for the farmer.
- 2023
- Kellogg 50
Tim Bathgate
Which of the current climate change mitigation methods have the least effect on profitability?
- 2023
- Kellogg 50
Annabel Barnett
This report looks at the forces influencing the wool market pricing and the opportunities and challenges facing the industry.
- 2023
- Kellogg 50
Richard Dawkins
Mortality in New Zealand lambing systems is potentially a significant issue for the primary industry, which is thoroughly explored in this research project. It is a must-read for all involved in the sheep and beef industry.
- 2023
- Kellogg 49
Kathryn Broomfield
This report examines the potential of disruptive innovation and emerging technologies to enhance the sustainability and resilience of New Zealand’s sheep, beef, and dairy farming systems.
- 2023
- Kellogg 49
Duane Redward
This report explores if industry leaders, representatives and lobby groups are further reinforcing negative sentiment by the way they are communicating with farmers. It also looks at the potential future consequences of their approach.
- 2023
- Kellogg 49
Laura Hancock
How does musculoskeletal health correlate with injury risk and performance outcomes in the Food and Fibre Sector?
- 2023
- Kellogg 49
Grace McLeay
This report translates scientific climate modelling into practical contexts for Manawatū-Rangitīkei sheep and beef farmers. It aims to provide knowledge of climate change predictions, risks and opportunities associated with climate change predictions, and what actions might future-proof farming businesses?
- 2023
- Kellogg 49
Brian Henderson
The aim of this report was to identify what leadership is and how it can facilitate or hinder transformational change. The report aimed to critically assess, compare, and contrast characteristics of leadership displayed in transformational change.
- 2023
- Kellogg 49
Rebecca Begg
While some farmers can seek added value for their products by trading directly with the consumer, many are operating a business model where they supply processors and rely on them to access and pass on added value from marketing particular credence attributes to consumers.
Are consumers willing to pay for environmental action on- farm, and if so, how can farmers access these premiums?
- 2022
- Kellogg 48
Hamish Murray
The target for my research report is to answer the question; how do we keep farmers passionate about farming when they are up against immense amounts of environmental policy change from our current government but more specifically, intensive winter grazing.
From my report findings I am hoping to identify key areas to help farmers with their frustrations on the ever-changing IWG policies. These key findings will provide an insight to answering my report question.
- 2022
- Kellogg 48
Christie Burn
The aim of this project is to understand the entire supply chain of mid-micron wool, and how growers adapt their business to suit this chain. The research seeks to establish if there is a premium for a traceable wool clip, and who in the chain absorbs the benefit if there is one. Having a passion for wool, a byproduct, which is continuously decreasing in value, it seems appropriate to dissect the supply chain and understand it from a grower’s perspective and the impacts on their farming systems (positive and negative).
- 2022
- Kellogg 48
Rosalie Hyslop
This report aims to understand how the groundspread industry can support the New Zealand food and fibre sector during a period of increased regulation and reform. The sector is on track to achieve an export target of $64b by 2025 on less land than ever while caring for the environment on which we all rely.
- 2022
- Kellogg 48
Sarah-Jane Powdrell
This research focuses on understanding the barriers to genetic potential through sire selection on New Zealand sheep farms. Do commercial farmers have the capacity and capability to understand the opportunity that these low methane-emitting genetics bring?
- 2022
- Kellogg 47
Angela Ibbotson
Organic, regenerative, and sustainable are all buzz words; they are methods of farming, growing, and processing; also used in marketing for recognition and financial advantage. This report found that a farmer may align their identity with their chosen method and a consumer’s decision to purchase may be based on their understanding of these terms and an alignment of their values, particularly where there is a premium paid. This report found consumers use the terms loosely and the complexities of farming methods are not understood by non-farmers.
- 2022
- Kellogg 47
William Halliday
This research project aims to understand the benefits, drawbacks, drivers, and barriers to blockchain adoption in NZ red meat supply chains, and in doing so answer the question: is blockchain the true path to the dream of Paddock to Plate traceability?
- 2022
- Kellogg 46
Susie Woodward
The New Zealand mohair industry is not in a place to capitalise on the global trend of increasing use of natural fibres in its current state. The industry has seen an ageing base to its producer group form. The lack of new entrants coming into the industry has meant it has struggled to remain relevant and viable.
- 2022
- Kellogg 46
Lucy Murray
The aim of this report is to understand if sheep and beef farmers in NZ can use partial land use diversification to improve environmental sustainability. And at the same time create more resilient farm systems to remain profitable for the future.
- 2022
- Kellogg 46
Ben Anderson
This paper initially set out to determine whether it was possible to better monetise sustainability with the New Zealand Deer Industry. In addition to this, I wanted to understand why NZ deer farmers seemed to achieve such poor returns in comparison to both the end value of their products, and the level of risk they accepted in producing them. And lastly, I wanted to know whether our conventional industry supply chains were going to be fit for purpose in a rapidly changing world.
- June 2022
- Nuffield 2021
David Eade
Commodity prices received by New Zealand farmers are close to all-time highs, yet we are protesting in the streets for the first time in decades. Our resistance to environmental regulation has exposed a vulnerability – we, farmers, are struggling to hold our place in the power hierarchy.
- March 2022
- Nuffield 2021
Phil Weir
With a climate crisis, increasingly diversified agri-businesses, interest in regenerative agriculture and increasing membership of catchment groups, coupled with generational change and economic reform, now is the right time for structural change to New Zealand Agriculture.
- March 2022
- Nuffield 2020
Ben Mclauchlan
The future is positioning our produce in high end, affluent markets that demand, ethically and environmentally friendly products going away from volume favoured markets to values driven markets. This takes a mindset shift from farmers.
- March 2022
- Nuffield 2020
Isabelle Coates
The aim of this report is to understand what motivates Generation Z in the workplace, identify their workplace expectations within an on-farm, processing/supply chain context and discover how to bridge the gap between their expectations, and the reality of a workplace within the red meat sector.
- 2022
- Kellogg 45
Andy Wards
The principle aim of this report is to identify the impact of the developing plant-based protein category on New Zealand red meat sales and investigate whether red meat protein has a positive outlook and if it can hold its position as the dominant source of protein on the supermarket shelves.
- 2022
- Kellogg 45