A total merit selection index for Ontario organic dairy farmers

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1584-1593

  Rozzi, P ^a   Miglior, F ^b,c   Hand, K J ^d  

^a OntarBio RR5   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^c CANADIAN DAIRY NETWORK   (Canada)

^d Ontario Dairy Herd Improvement Corp   (Canada)

Author keywords

Organic farming; Survey; Total merit index

Indexed keywords

EID: 35748965569     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(07)71644-2     Document Type: Article

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