Pasture-based dairy systems: Who are the producers and are their operations more profitable than conventional dairies?

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 412-427

  Gillespie, Jeffrey ^a   Nehring, Richard ^b   Hallahan, Charlie ^b   Sandretto, Carmen ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dairy farm size; Grazing; Pasture based dairying

Indexed keywords

EID: 76649093592     PISSN: 10685502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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