What is the optimum wool-meat enterprise mix?

International Journal of Sheep and Wool Science

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 40-49

  Warn, Lisa K ^a   Geenty, Ken G ^b   McEachern, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Sheep CRC   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

ECONOMIC DATA; MERINO SHEEP; MERINO WOOL; PRICE; PRODUCTION; PROFITABILITY; WOOL INDUSTRY;

EID: 33751028858     PISSN: 18328679     EISSN: 18328679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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