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232 pages : illustrations, map Contents includes: Sheep -- Wool -- Beef -- Dairy -- Arable Summary: Sheep, beef, dairy and arable farming. These farming sectors generate a substantial proportion of New Zealand's foreign exchange and are immensely important to the economic advancement of the country. Originally, sheep farming and wool production were the leading export industries but over the last 20 years this has radically changed. Today, dairy farming dominates the New Zealand agriculture scene having displaced sheep from large areas of the South Island. This book tracks the changes and analyses the factors that determine the strengths and weakness of each commodity group