Application and testing of GPFARM: A farm and ranch decision support system for evaluating economic and environmental sustainability of agricultural enterprises

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 593, Issue , 2002, Pages 171-177

  McMaster, G S ^a   Ascough II, J C ^a   Dunn, G H ^a   Weltz, M A ^a   Shaffer, M J ^a   Palic, D ^a   Vandenberg, B C ^a   Bartling, P N S ^a   Edmunds, D ^a   Hoag, D L ^b   Ahuja, L R ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision support software; On farm testing; Simulation model

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344758866     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2002.593.22     Document Type: Conference Paper

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