Being asked to comment on Chapter 8 of the Report, presented us with an awkward problem. It is, in a sense, difficult not to be unfair to the Group in any critical and in-depth review of the issues and options raised: or indeed, if a similar approach is taken to issues and options not raised in...

One country's exports of a particular commodity are usually imperfect substitutes for similar exports from other countries. Consequently, the price elasticity of export demand involves unknown cross elasticities between sub-groups of the commodity. However, there are constraints on the relative...

In this article actual feeding levels reported by farmers in the Oberon area have been used to assess the results, in physical terms, that can be achieved by regular feeding. These results are compared with current findings from feeding trials. On the basis thus established, valuations of...