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Reform to Reduce Farming Costs

In: Agricultural Economics and Food Policy in New Zealand

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  • David Hall

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Through the 1990s Federated Farmers campaigned to reduce farming costs by reforming coastal shipping and waterfront activities. The Government deregulated coastal shipping and initiated major reforms of the waterfront industry. Another major cost imposition on farming was union militancy in the meat freezing industry. The Government accepted the need to get away from traditionalism and protection and deregulated the industry. Also, unemployment weakened union power when two major meat-processing employers went into receivership. The average wage of the meat-processing worker decreased but productivity increased. The most effective change in waterfront and freezing works’ reform was achieved when Government introduced employment legislation making relations between employers and employees controlled by direct contracts and the right to strike was restricted.

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  • David Hall, 2021. "Reform to Reduce Farming Costs," Palgrave Studies in Agricultural Economics and Food Policy, in: Agricultural Economics and Food Policy in New Zealand, chapter 0, pages 289-303, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:psachp:978-3-030-86300-5_19
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-86300-5_19
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