Wool may be classed (i.e., grouped into reasonably uniform lots prior to sale) either immediately after shearing in the shearing shed or it may be packed into bales and sent to a wool store for classing. The second type of operation (especially when applied to relatively small quantities of...

An attempt is made to combine, empirically, the estimation of product transformation surfaces with the more conventional methods of linear supply analysis. This synthetic approach is used to fit simultaneously a system of six aggregate supply functions. The products covered account for more than...

This article discusses some major trends in food marketing in the United States, as revealed in a detailed study of food distribution undertaken by the National Commission on Food Marketing. Attention is focused on the growing industrialisation of farming and the consequent decline in terminal...

The Australian Meat Board (AMB) can influence the quantities sent to and the prices received for Australian beef and veal in the domestic and various export markets. Through its power to grant export licences and the conditions to be met in obtaining export licences the AMB can adopt the role of...

I shall attempt to cover three topics in this paper. Firstly, I want to present some of the data available on the current economic position of the Australian farming community, coupled with comparisons for earlier years. This will be followed by a discussion of future prospects and finally I...

The recent application of an experimental type classification of farms in New South Wales is, I think, the most significant development in Australian agricultural statistics since the war. This operation, carried out for the year 1955-56, involved the classification of statistical returns for...