Jacqueline Rowarth, Professor of Agribusiness, The University of Waikato
President of the New Zealand Grassland Association

Email: jrowarth@waikato.ac.nz 

Is the Grass Greener in America? - November 2012

How to do more with less, and how to increase productivity. This is especially the case in agriculture.

Joanna Matthew is a student of Massey University’s Executive MBA programme and visited the United States in 2012.

Email: heyyoume@gmail.com

Ensuring a viable progression path in the dairy industry.

In the past, there has been a relatively clear progression path for those wishing to progress from a farm employee to dairy farm owner, if that was their desired end goal. There has been some concern voiced in the industry that this traditional pathway is under threat, and the path to succession has become more challenging. This report explores those issues, looking at current and future pathways, pros and cons of pathways, and provides recommendations for those making decisions regarding career progression.

 TAKINGS: A RETURN TO PRINCIPLE

Private property and public law: when the state takes, who benefits and who pays? LLM Research Paper by Dan Riddiford, Victoria University of Wellington, 1999.