Information management within Australian precision dairy systems

Precision Livestock Farming 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 313-318

  Eastwood, C ^a   Chapman, D ^a   Paine, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dairy; Electronic identification; Information management

Indexed keywords

COW MANAGEMENT; DAIRY INDUSTRY; FARM MANAGEMENT; LEARNING PROCESS; PRECISION FARMING; SOCIAL COMPONENTS;

AGRICULTURE; DAIRIES; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL TRAINING;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 42549083371     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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