Dairy farm nutrient management model. 1. Model description and validation

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 371-382

  Nousiainen, J ^a   Tuori, M ^b   Turtola, E ^c   Huhtanen, P ^b,d  

^a VALIO LTD   (Finland)

^b ANIMAL PRODUCTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

^c PLANT PRODUCTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

^d SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Milk production; Modelling; Nutrient surplus; Phosphorus; Whole farm

Indexed keywords

CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; DAIRY FARMING; MILK PRODUCTION; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL NUTRIENT;

FINLAND;

EID: 79955127634     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2011.01.002     Document Type: Article

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