COMMERCIAL, non-pedigree, livestock farmers in New Zeal. and find their economic future limited by the volume of animal products which they can sell from their farms. Inexpensive fodders and grains are not available in sufficient quantity to permit anything approaching the "feedlot" farming of other countries. Increased volume of output must, therefore, come substantially from those crops the farm can grow, and grow most efficiently. Climate, topography and experience currently dictate that

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... is the grass crop. The development of new skills and new technology may change this on those limited areas of New Zealand on which topography permits arable farming, but any widespread modification to the traditional pattern is a long way off.