An overview of experiences of Wisconsin dairy farmers who modernized their operations

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 717-729

  Bewley, J ^a   Palmer, R W ^a   Jackson Smith, D B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Expansion; Modernization; Survey

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CATTLE; DAIRYING; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LACTATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SECRETION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; LACTATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MILK; QUALITY OF LIFE; WISCONSIN;

EID: 0035293359     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(01)74526-2     Document Type: Article

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