Investigating improved pasture productivity change on the New South Wales tablelands

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 63-74

  Vere, D T ^a  

^a NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Improved pasture; Livestock; New South Wales

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; LEGUME; LIVESTOCK FARMING; PASTURE; PASTURE PRODUCTIVITY; PERENNIAL GRASS; PRODUCTIVITY; PRODUCTIVITY CHANGE;

AUSTRALIA, NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 0031983362     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5150(97)00032-7     Document Type: Article

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