Profitability of coupled potato and dairy farms in Maine

Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 261-272

  Hoshide, Aaron K ^a   Dalton, Timothy J ^a   Smith, Stewart N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Crop and livestock integration; Dairy; Enterprise budgets; Maine; Net farm income; Potato; Profitability; Whole farm budgets

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; DAIRY FARMING; FARMING SYSTEM; MIXED FARMING; POTATO; PROFITABILITY;

MAINE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33846706162     PISSN: 17421705     EISSN: 17421713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/RAF2006146     Document Type: Article

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