Conventional and low-input pasture improvement—A review of recent market research

New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 559-567

  Barr, Neil ^a  

^a Bendigo Agricultural Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Low input pastures; Pasture improvement

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030451576     PISSN: 00288233     EISSN: 11758775     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288233.1996.9513215     Document Type: Review

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