Analysis and simulation modelling of the production in Danish organic and conventional dairy herds

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 55-65

  Kristensen, Troels ^a   Kristensen, Erik Steen ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Dairy cows; Herd production; Modelling; Organic farming

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002493381     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-6226(97)00053-5     Document Type: Article

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