Water use and winter liquid storage needs at Central Valley dairy farms in California

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 121-126

  Meyer, Deanne ^a   Reed, Barbara ^b   Batchelder, Cynthia ^a   Zallo, Izukan ^a   Ristow, Patricia L ^a   Higginbotham, Gerald ^b   Arana, Marit ^b   Shultz, Thomas ^b   Mullinax, D Denise ^b   Merriam, Jonathan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California ^*

Author keywords

Conservation; Dairy; Lagoons; Milking parlor; Waste management; Water use

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ESTIMATION; FARMS; MANURES; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS;

DAIRY FARMS; MILKING PARLOR; WATER USE; WINTER LIQUID STORAGE;

AGRICULTURE;

EID: 33645450700     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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