Determining farm effects attributable to the introduction and use of a dairy management information system in the Netherlands

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 79-86

  Tomaszewski, M A ^a   Van Asseldonk, M A P M ^b   Dijkhuizen, A A ^b   Huirne, R B M ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dairy herds; Management information system; Panel data analysis

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; DAIRY FARMING; INFORMATION SYSTEM;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 0034115017     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5150(00)00059-1     Document Type: Article

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