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South Central Monitoring Report

July 2006

A SHORT-TERM FINANCIAL AND PHYSICAL FORECAST

REFLECTING FARMER AND INDUSTRY PERCEPTIONS

OF FARMING FIGURES, TRENDS AND ISSUES

Contents

(Note: You will need to push the back button on your browser to get back to this table of contents. All the links point to the relevant pages in the sector monitoring reports, Sheep and Beef, Dairy, Arable, Deer, and Pipfruit. This means that the section numbers may differ from those that appear in this report.)

• 1 Introduction
  • How the models were created
  • Calculations used in the models
• 2 Overview of the Southern Region
  • Review of 2005/06
  • Outlook for 2006/07
• 3 Canterbury dairy
  • The Canterbury dairy farm
  • Key points
  • Physical factors
  • Financial position of the farm
  • Issues and trends
• 4 West Coast South Island dairy
  • The West Coast South Island dairy farm
  • Key points
  • Physical factors
  • Financial position of the farm
  • Issues and trends
• 5 Canterbury/Marlborough hill country sheep and beef
  • The Canterbury/Marlborough hill country farm
  • Key points
  • Physical factors
  • Financial position of the farm
  • Issues and trends
• 6 Canterbury/Marlborough breeding and finishing sheep and beef
  • The Canterbury/Marlborough breeding and finishing sheep and beef farm
  • Key points
  • Physical factors
  • Financial position of the farm
  • Issues and trends
• 7 South Island merino
  • The South Island merino farm
  • Key points
  • Physical factors
  • Financial position of the farm
  • Issues and trends
• 8 South Island Deer
  • The South Island deer farm
  • Key points
  • Climatic factors affecting production
  • Production figures and forecasts
  • Financial position of the deer farm
  • Issues and trends
• 9 Canterbury arable cropping
  • The canterbury arable cropping farm
  • Key points
  • Climatic factors affecting production
  • Production figures and forecasts
  • Financial position of the arable cropping farm
  • Issues and trends
• 10 Process and fresh vegetables
  • Key points
  • Climatic factors affecting production
  • Production figures
  • Financial position of the vegetable growers
  • Issues and trends
• 11 Viticulture
  • The vineyards
  • Key points
  • Climatic factors affecting production
  • Production figures and forecasts
  • Financial position of the Marlborough vineyard
  • Financial position of the Hawkes Bay vineyard
  • Issues and trends
• 12 Nelson pipfruit
  • The Nelson orchard
  • Key points
  • Climatic factors affecting production
  • Production figures and forecasts
  • Financial position of the orchard
  • Issues and trends
• 13 Export Berryfruit
  • Key points
  • Climatic factors affecting production
  • Production figures and forecasts
  • Financial position
  • Issues and trends
• 14 Floriculture
  • Key points
  • Physical factors affecting production
  • Financial position
  • Issues and trends
• 15 Apiculture
  • Key points
  • Climatic factors affecting production
  • Honey production figures
  • Pollination
  • Live bee movements and exports
  • Financial position
  • Issues and trends
• Appendix A: South Central regional monitoring team
• Download this report as a PDF file [PDF  944K ]

Acknowledgements

This report is produced by:

MAF Policy
PO Box 5648
Dunedin
Tel: 64 3 477 8134
Fax: 64 3 477 9144

Data collection services provided by Agriculture NZ Ltd, AgFirst Consultants NZ Ltd and MacFarlane
Rural Business Ltd.

Further copies

This report can be downloaded from www.maf.govt.nz
You can request hard copies from:
Policy Publications
MAF Policy
PO Box 2526
Wellington
Tel: 64 4 894 0599
Email: policy.publications@maf.govt.nz

Monitoring reports are published in April for pipfruit, and in July for the following sectors: arable, dairy, deer, horticulture, and sheep and beef. Reports for the following regions are published in July: North, North Central, South Central, and South.

Published by:

MAF Policy
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Pastoral House
25 The Terrace
PO Box 2526
Wellington
New Zealand

Tel: 64 4 894 0100
Fax: 64 4 894 0742

Web: www.maf.govt.nz

© Crown Copyright – Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry 2006
ISSN 1175-3013

The information in this report by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry is based on the best information available to the Ministry at the time it was drawn up and all due care was exercised in its preparation. As it is not possible to foresee all uses of this information or to predict all future developments and trends, any subsequent action that relies on the accuracy of the information in this report is the sole commercial decision of the user and is taken at his/her own risk. Accordingly, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry disclaims any liability whatsoever for any losses or damages arising out of the use of this information, or in respect of any actions taken.

Contact for Enquiries

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Monitoring and Evaluation
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NEW ZEALAND
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