Energy demand on dairy farms in Ireland

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 96, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 6489-6498

  Upton, J ^a   Humphreys, J ^a   Groot Koerkamp, P W G ^b   French, P ^a   Dillon, P ^a   De Boer, I J M ^b  

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

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Energy use; Milk production; Smart metering

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; COST; DAIRYING; ECONOMICS; ELECTRICITY; ENVIRONMENT; IRELAND; MILK;

ANIMALS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DAIRYING; ELECTRICITY; ENVIRONMENT; IRELAND; MILK;

EID: 84884356612     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2013-6874     Document Type: Article

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