Producer satisfaction, efficiency, and investment cost factors of different milking systems

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 84, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1890-1898

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Agricultural Technology Studies   (United States)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Expansion; Milking systems; Survey

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; COST; DAIRYING; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; JOB SATISFACTION; LACTATION; METHODOLOGY; MILK EJECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DAIRYING; DATA COLLECTION; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; LACTATION; MILK EJECTION; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035434104     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(01)74630-9     Document Type: Article

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