Dairy farming in the Netherlands in transition towards more efficient nutrient use

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 61, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 145-153

  Van Bruchem, Jaap ^a   Schiere, Hans ^a   Van Keulen, Herman ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dairy fanning; Environmental tuning, Sustainability; Nutrient conversion animal; Nutrient emissions; Nutrient uptake from soil; System approach

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032696740     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-6226(99)00064-0     Document Type: Article

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