Whole-farm evaluation of forage mixtures and grazing strategies

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1201-1209

  Deak, Atila ^a   Hall, Marvin H ^b   Sanderson, Matt A ^c   Rotz, Al ^c   Corson, Michael ^d  

^a MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d UMR SAS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANOPY HEIGHTS; COMPLEX MIXTURE; DAIRY PASTURES; DRY AND WET; ECONOMIC IMPACTS; ECONOMIC RETURNS; FARM SCALE; FORAGE PRODUCTION; LITTLE RESEARCH; NET RETURN; PASTURE PRODUCTION; PLANT MORPHOLOGY; SYSTEM MODELS;

COMPUTER GRAPHICS; FARMS; MODEL STRUCTURES; MORPHOLOGY;

MIXTURES;

POACEAE;

EID: 77954293188     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2009.0504     Document Type: Article

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