Strategic management planning and implementation at the milking robot dairy farm

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 95-110

  Devir, S ^a,c   Maltz, E ^b   Metz, J H M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^c SAE Afikim   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dairy; Management; Milking robot

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; AUTOMATION; DAIRIES; FARMS; MANAGEMENT; PROCESS CONTROL; PRODUCTIVITY; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

COW TRAFFIC; INDIVIDUAL CONCENTRATES ALLOCATION; MILKING FREQUENCY; MILKING ROBOT DAIRY FARM;

ROBOT APPLICATIONS;

EID: 0031120339     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0168-1699(96)01230-6     Document Type: Article

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