The economic opportunities for increasing the use of forage legumes in north European livestock systems under both conventional and organic management

Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 15-22

  Doyle, C J ^a   Topp, C F E ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dairy farming; Economics; Forage systems; Galega; Lotus; Lucerne; Northern Europe; Organic milk production; Red clover; White clover

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; FORAGE; LEGUME; LIVESTOCK FARMING; ORGANIC FARMING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE;

GALEGA; GALEGA ORIENTALIS; LOTUS; LOTUS CORNICULATUS; MEDICAGO; MEDICAGO SATIVA; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 1942475179     PISSN: 17421705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/RAFS200015     Document Type: Article

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