Effects of Information Technology on Dairy Farms in the Netherlands: An Empirical Analysis of Milk Production Records

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 81, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2752-2759

  Van Asseldonk, M A P M ^a   Huirne, R B M ^a   Dijkhuizen, A A ^a   Tomaszewski, M A ^b   Harbers, A G F ^c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Royal Dutch Cattle Syndicate   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cows; Data analysis; Economics; Information technology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SYSTEM; LACTATION; METHODOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; REPRODUCTION; STATISTICS;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LACTATION; NETHERLANDS; RECORDS; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 0032176366     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(98)75832-1     Document Type: Article

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