Integrated dryland crop and livestock production systems on the Great Plains: Extent and outlook

Journal of Production Agriculture

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 187-191

  Krall, James M ^a   Schuman, Gerald E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b USDA ARS High Plains Grasslands Research Station   (United States)

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EID: 0030443290     PISSN: 08908524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jpa1996.0187     Document Type: Article

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