A note on the effects of herbage mass at closing and autumn closing date on spring grass supply on commercial dairy farms

Irish Journal of Agricultural and Food Research

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 265-269

  O'Donovan, M ^a   Dillon, P ^a   Reid, P ^a   Rath, M ^b   Stakelum, G ^a  

^a TEAGASC   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Closing date; Herbage growth; Herbage mass

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036975265     PISSN: 07916833     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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