Robots don't get sick or get paid overtime, but are they a profitable option for milking cows?

Review of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 366-380

  Hyde, Jeffrey ^a   Dunn, James W ^a   Steward, Annette ^a   Hollabaugh, Ellen R ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Hollabaugh Bros Inc

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EID: 34147179005     PISSN: 10587195     EISSN: 14679353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9353.2007.00348.x     Document Type: Article

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