Competitiveness of management-intensive grazing dairies in the mid-Atlantic region from 1995 to 2009

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1894-1904

  Hanson, J C ^a   Johnson, D M ^a   Lichtenberg, E ^a   Minegishi, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Management intensive grazing; Mid Atlantic region; Profitability; Risk analysis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; DAIRYING; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; INCOME; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; INCOME; MARYLAND; PENNSYLVANIA;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 84874325719     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2011-5234     Document Type: Article

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