What’s a dairy farm worth?

Wills, Grant

Executive Summary

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 Ruakura research farm and the Hamilton district. The financial performance parameters have been gathered from the data base of Graham Brown Accountants.

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