An economic survey of New Zealand wheatgrowers : enterprise analysis : survey no. 4, 1979-80

This report is the fourth in an annual series of economic surveys of New Zealand wheatgrowing farms. These surveys have been undertaken by the Agricultural Economics Research Unit at Lincoln College on behalf of Wheat Growers Sub-Section of Federated Farmers of New Zealand Incorporation. Specific attention has been focused on the physical characteristics of wheatgrowing farms, the area of wheat and other crops sown, wheat yields, management practices and costs and returns for the 1979-80 wheat crop. An attempt has also been made to allocate plant and machinery overhead costs to the wheat enterprise on both an historical and current cost basis. A comparison of this information with past surveys enables a more comprehensive profile of the industry to emerge. The need for current and, detailed information from the Survey involved two visits to the farms in the sample; one in the spring following drilling and the second in the autumn after harvest