Economic Research Reports

NSW DPI's economists:

analyse the economic, environmental and social impacts of:

1) alternative primary industries technologies and
2) resource management strategies for major farming systems in NSW;
provide economic information to assist decision making by NSW DPI clients;
assist in identifying priorities for research and extension within NSW DPI research units.

Find out more about the Economic Research Unit.

The NSW DPI Economic Research Reports (ERR's) are listed by title, author/s and date of publication.

As these ERR's are produced by NSW DPI they include an executive summary, and are available for download as a PDF.

Title/Author	Released
[ERR 43] Supply and demand for water use by new forest plantations Nordblom T, Finlayson JD, Hume IH and Kelly JA	May 2009
[ERR 42] The economic effects of using heterozygotes for a non-functional myostatin mutation within a commercial beef production system Alford AR, McKiernan WA, Cafe LM, Greenwood PL and Griffith GR	Nov 2009
[ERR 41] An Evaluation of the Economic, Environmental and Social Impacts of NSW DPI Investments in IPM Research in Invertebrate Rice Pests Orr LM, Stevens MM, and Mullen JD	Oct 2008
[ERR 40] An Evaluation of the Economic, Environmental and Social Impacts of NSW DPI Investments in IPM Research in Lettuce Orr LM, McDougall S, and Mullen JD	Oct 2008
[ERR 39] The Economic Effects of Alternate Growth Path and Breed Type Combinations to Meet Beef Market Specifications across Southern Australia Davies L, Quinn H, Della Bosca A, Alford A and Griffith G	Jul 2009
[ERR 38] An Equilibrium Displacement Model of the Australian Sheep and Wool Industries, April 2008 Mounter S, Griffith G, Piggott R, Fleming E and Zhao X	Apr 2008
[ERR 37] Composition of the National Sheep Flock and Specification of Equilibrium Prices and Quantities for the Australian Sheep and Wool Industries, 2002-03 to 2004-05 Mounter, S, Griffith, G, Piggott, R, Fleming, E and Zhao, X	Dec 2007
[ERR 36] Priorities and Principles for Investment in Aquaculture Research Gibson TS, Allan GL, File G, Mullen JD, Scott-Orr H	Apr 2007
[ERR 35] StockPlan�: a decision aid for management of livestock during drought and other times Davies BL, Carberry PM, Graham RP, Mullen JD and Meaker GP	Mar 2007
[ERR 33] The economic effects of early-life nutritional constraints in crossbred cattle bred on the NSW North Coast Alford AR, Cafe LM, Greenwood PL and Griffith GR	May 2007
[ERR 32] Sheep CRC renewal proposal: economic evaluation of the proposed scientific themes Griffith GR, Vere DT and Jones RE	Sep 2006
[ERR 31] Farming systems in the pastoral zone of NSW: An economic analysis Salahadin A. Khairom, John D. Mullen, Ronald B. Hacker, Dean A. Patton	Mar 2008
[ERR 30] The economic, environmental and social benefits to NSW from investment in the CRC for Beef Genetic Technologies Griffith GR, Parnell PF and McKiernan W	Sep 2006
[ERR 29] An economic evaluation of a pest management control program: 'Outfox the fox' Jones R, Saunders G and Balogh S	Jun 2006
[ERR 28] An Assessment of the Economic, Environmental and Social Impacts of the Ricecheck Program Singh RP, Brennan JP, Lacy J and Steel F	Dec 2005
[ERR 27] Australian Sheep Industry CRC: Economic evaluations of scientific research programs Vere D, Griffith G, Silvester L	Dec 2005
[ERR 26] Trends in Pulse and Oilseed Crops in Winter Cereal Rotations in NSW Brennan JP, Sykes JD, Scott JF	Apr 2005
[ERR 25] Analysis of the Impact of CIMMYT Research on the Australian Wheat Industry Brennan JP, Quade KJ	Oct 2004
[ERR 24] Sustainability, externalities and economics: the case of temperate perennial grazing systems in NSW Jones R, Dowling P	Sep 2004
[ERR 23] An Economic Evaluation of Research into the Improved Management of the Annual Grass Weed Vulpia in Temperate Pastures in South-Eastern Australia Vere D, Jones R, Dowling P	Aug 2004
[ERR 22] Evaluations in 2003 of Five Areas of Investment in R&D by NSW Agriculture: Summary Mullen JD (Editor)	Jun 2004
[ERR 21] An Assessment of the Economic, Environmental and Social Impacts of NSW Agriculture�s Advisory Programs in Water Use Efficiency Crean J, Shaw A, Singh R, and Mullen JD	Jul 2004
[ERR 20] Farming Systems in the Northern Cropping Region of NSW: An Economic Analysis Region of NSW: An Economic Analysis Scott JF, Farquharson RJ, Mullen JD	Sep 2004
[ERR 19] An Assessment of the Economic Impacts of NSW Agriculture Research and Extension: Conservation Farming and Reduced Tillage in Northern NSW Scott, JF; Farquharson, RJ	Oct 2004
[ERR 18] An Assessment of the Economic, Environmental and Social Impacts of NSW Agriculture�s Investment in the Net Feed Efficiency R,D&E Cluster Griffith, G.R., Alford, A.R., Davies, B.L., Herd, R.M., Parnell, P.F. and Hegarty, R.S.	Aug 2004
[ERR 17] An assessment of the economic, environmental and social impacts of NSW Agriculture's wheat breeding program Brennan, J.P., Martin, P.J. and Mullen, J.D.	May 2004
[ERR 16] Testing for Market Power in Multiple-Input, Multiple-Output Industries: The Australian Grains and Oilseeds Industries Christopher J. O'Donnell, Garry R. Griffith, John J. Nightingale, Roley R. Piggott	May 2004
[ERR 15] Estimating returns from past investment into beef cattle genetic technologies in Australia Farquharson,R. Griffith, G. Barwick, S. Banks, R. Holmes, W.	Oct 2003
[ERR 14] Research and Extension Capabilities - Program Economists in NSW Agriculture Mullen, JD Vere, DT	Aug 2003
[ERR 13] A Northern Tablelands whole-farm linear program for the economic evaluation of new technologies at the farm level Alford, A.R., Griffith, G.R. and Cacho, O.	Mar 2004
[ERR 12] Livestock Farming Systems in the Northern Tablelands of NSW Alford, A.R., Griffith, G.R. and Davies, B.L.	Oct 2003
Farm Management in the 21st Century Mullen, JD	Feb 2002
[ERR 11] Impact of ICARDA Research on Australian Agriculture Brennan, J.P., Aw-Hassan, A., Quade, K.J. and Nordblom, T.L.	Jan 2002
[ERR 10] Farming Systems in the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area of NSW - an Economic Analysis Singh, R.P., Mullen, J.D., and Jayasuriya, R.T.	May 2005
[ERR 9] An Economic Perspective on Land Degradation Issues Mullen, J.D.,	Nov 2001
[ERR 8] Changes in Characteristics of NSW Wheat Varieties,1965-1997 Brennan, J.P. and Bialowas, A.	Sep 2001
[ERR 7] Farming systems in the Central West of NSW: an economonic analysis Patton, D.A. and J.D. Mullen	May 2000
[ERR 6] Previous Supply Elasticity Estimates for Australian Broadacre Agriculture Griffith, G., I�Anson, K., Hill, D., Vere, D.	Aug 2001
[ERR 5] Previous Demand Elasticity Estimates for Australian Meat Products Griffith, G.R., I'Anson, K., Hill, D.J., Lubett, R. and Vere, D.T.	Jan 2001
[ERR 4] An Equilbrium Displacement Model of the Australian Beef Industry Zhao, X., Mullen, J.D., Griffith, G.R., Griffiths, W.E. and Piggott, R.R.	Dec 2000
[ERR 3] Economic asessment of improving nutritional characteristics of food grains Brennan, J.P. and Singh, R.P.	Jul 2000
[ERR 2] The Financial Performance of the Dairy Industry in Six Regions of NSW 1991 to 1997 Davies, L., Alford, A., and Hollis, G.	Oct 1999
[ERR 1] Impact of ICRISAT Research on Australian Agriculture Brennan, J.P., and Bantilan, M.C.S.	Sep 1999