Farm-gate nutrient balance assessment of organic dairy farms at different intensity levels in Germany

Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 223-232

  Haas, G ^a   Deittert, C ^a   Kopke U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dairy farm; Farm gate; Nitrogen; Nutrient balance; Nutrient budget; Organic farming; Phosphorus; Potassium

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; DAIRY FARMING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; ORGANIC FARMING;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 34547863526     PISSN: 17421705     EISSN: 17421713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1742170507001780     Document Type: Article

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