The economics of reseeding on a dairy farm

Irish Journal of Agricultural and Food Research

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 113-122

  Shalloo, L ^a   Creighton, P ^a   O'Donovan, M ^a  

^a ANIMAL AND GRASSLAND RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Dairy farm; Profitability; Reseeding

Indexed keywords

LOLIUM PERENNE;

EID: 84856184975     PISSN: 07916833     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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