A grazing simulation model: GRASIM A: Model development

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1483-1493

  Mohtar, R H ^a,b   Buckmaster, D R ^a,c   Fales, S L ^d  

^a ASAE ^*  (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University Park   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crop simulation models; Dairy farms; GRASIM; Grazing; Modeling; Pasture; Production agriculture

Indexed keywords

CROP SIMULATION MODEL; DAIRY FARMS; GRAZING; PASTURE;

CROPS; FARMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SIMULATION;

DAIRIES;

EID: 0031239144     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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