Whole farm implications on the application of variable rate technology to every cropped field

Field Crops Research

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 142-148

  Lawes, Roger A ^a   Robertson, Michael J ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Economics; Farming systems; Variable rate technology; Whole farm

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; COMMODITY PRICE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROP YIELD; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL FERTILITY; SPATIAL VARIATION;

AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 80052667531     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2011.01.002     Document Type: Article

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