Economic evaluation of forage quality gains - Past and future

Crop Science

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 21-27

  Ford, Stephen A ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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FORAGE CROP; PROCESS MODEL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032989759     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci1999.0011183X003900010004x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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