E-Dairy: A dynamic and stochastic whole-farm model that predicts biophysical and economic performance of grazing dairy systems

Animal

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 870-878

  Baudracco, J ^a,b   Lopez Villalobos, N ^a   Holmes, C W ^a   Comeron, E A ^c   MacDonald, K A ^d   Barry, T N ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL   (Argentina)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^d DAIRYNZ   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

dairy; grazing; model; stochastic; whole farm

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CATTLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DAIRYING; ECONOMICS; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DAIRYING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, ECONOMIC; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84875753457     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731112002376     Document Type: Article

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