An individual feed allocation decision support system for the dairy farm

Journal of Agricultural and Engineering Research

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 167-176

  Morag, Ido ^a   Edan, Yael ^a,b   Maltz, Ephraim ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b EXTENSION SERVICE   (Israel)

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EID: 12844257047     PISSN: 00218634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jaer.2000.0687     Document Type: Article

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