Modelling an Intensive Deer Farming System-

New Zealand’s deer industry is relatively small compared to New Zealand’s other livestock industries, but it is large in deer farming terms, and strong growth is projected for the next decade. Market positioning in the low priced commodity sector for core products must be avoided, requiring growth in niche markets and the support of new production systems. A research model of an intensive deer system, InverDeer, is in development to capture knowledge generated from two decades of dedicated deer research through AgResearch’s Invermay deer research unit, in New Zealand’s South Island. InverDeer’s purpose is to help farm systems researchers design new deer systems