The role and value of combining dual-purpose crops and lucerne in a mixed-enterprise farming system

Crop and Pasture Science

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 399-409

  Kingwell, R ^a,b   Squibb, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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

Author keywords

farm profit; farming systems; grazing crops; lucerne; sheep

Indexed keywords

ALFALFA; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GROWING SEASON; LIVESTOCK FARMING; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MIXED FARMING; PROFITABILITY;

AUSTRALIA;

BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS; OVIS ARIES; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84926389557     PISSN: 18360947     EISSN: 18365795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/CP14085     Document Type: Article

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