Enforced Change in Farming Practices

David Hall ()

Chapter Chapter 16 in Agricultural Economics and Food Policy in New Zealand, 2021, pp 239-253 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract 1980s changes in New Zealand’s economy was accompanied by enforced changes in farming. An optimistic assessment was that the dairy industry could grow by 3.5% annually but cut back in Government research threatened the export drive. Extra growth was to be based upon improving returns from existing herds rather than increasing herd sizes. The Government withdrew from Dairy Board affairs. The Board became a self-regulatory single seller. Inflation had swallowed up any gain from productivity increases in the meat and wool industries. A Task Force recommended that Meat Board should control all export lamb and mutton. Concern grew over forestry’s adverse impact on rural infrastructure. The ‘farm forester’ concept emerged with farmers integrating small batches of trees within their farms.

Keywords: Enforced changes in farming; Producer Board changes; Impact of forestry (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-86300-5_16

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