Integrated crop-livestock systems in the Texas high plains: Productivity and water use

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 831-843

  Zilverberg, Cody J ^a   Philip Brown, C ^b   Green, Paul ^b   Galyean, Michael L ^b   Allen, Vivien G ^b  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84896882336     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: 14350645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2013.0448     Document Type: Article

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