Increasing home-grown forage consumption and profit in non-irrigated dairy systems. 4. Economic performance

Animal Production Science

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 256-262

  Chapman, D F ^a,b   Beca, D ^c   Hill, J ^d   Tharmaraj, J ^a   Jacobs, J L ^e   Cullen, B R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c Red Sky Agricultural Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^d Ternes Agricultural Consulting   (Australia)

^e DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DAIRY FARMING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FORAGE; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; PERENNIAL PLANT; PROFITABILITY; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84893238038     PISSN: 18360939     EISSN: 18365787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AN13186     Document Type: Article

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