Does producing more product over a lifetime reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase profitability in dairy and wool enterprises?

Animal Production Science

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 49-55

  Browne, Natalie A ^a   Behrendt, Ralph ^b   Kingwell, Ross S ^c,d   Eckard, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Future Farming Systems Research   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d Australian Export Grains Innovation Centre (AEGIC)   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; EMISSION CONTROL; GREENHOUSE GAS; LACTATION; LIVESTOCK FARMING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROFITABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84895516522     PISSN: 18360939     EISSN: 18365787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AN13188     Document Type: Article

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