A number of studies have been made of the movement of milk between regions in New South Wales. Indications from these analyses have been that there could be economic benefit from rationalization in the choice of supply areas to meet consumption requirements. This analysis confirms the need for...

The objective of this study is to define in the cost minimizing sense the optimum size and location for beef slaughter plants in the Eastern Central Queensland region. The plant location model used for this purpose is a modified transhipment formulation. It is applied to both a long run...

The model, which is based on dynamic programming, enables identification of the sequence of actions in a drought which will lead to the minimum expected cost subject to constraints. The model has been prepared as a tool which may be used to assist graziers to make decisions in a drought. The...