In this paper the effect of structural changes in the Australian economy on the determination of policy for agriculture is examined. The effectiveness of the unification of farm organisations is questioned and the threat to organised agriculture of new lobby groups and new governmental...

In February 1962 the Council of the Australian Agricultural Economics Society appointed a sub-committee to report on the present state of farm financial statistics in Australia and to recommend desirable improvements. The aims in calling for this report were twofold: (a) Members of the Society...

It seems to me that there are three major aspects of agricultural economics research which we might fruitfully examine in this symposium: (i) the nature of the research which has been and should be undertaken; (ii) the organisation required for effective research; and ( iii) the financing of...

With emphasis upon Central Australia, an assessment is made of the economic problems of pastoral firms in meeting the climatic conditions of the arid zone. Analysis ranges over the responsibility for conservation and drought planning, the inadequacy of a purely physical approach to conservation,...

A study of the origins of the wheat surplus problem in Australia suggests that more far-reaching adjustments in national wheat policy are required than those currently envisaged. Ten specific recommendations for the reform of the present policy are outlined. A new form of income stabilisation...

The publication of the so-called green paper on Rural Policy in Australia is an event of considerable significance to Australian agriculture in general and to the agricultural economics profession in particular. The report is designed as an outline of principles and guidelines for discussion,...

This paper describes the structure and operation of the Australian farm organisations and discusses their role in the formation of public policy. Comparisons are made between their activities and those of similar organisations in other countries. In the later sections of the paper there is some...

In this paper I propose to review briefly some of the more significant points which seem to be emerging from recent studies of capital formation in agriculture.