Economic comparison of a sixty day dry period with no dry period on Dutch dairy farms

Livestock Science

Volumn 168, Issue , 2014, Pages 149-158

  Heeren, J A H ^a   Steeneveld, W ^a   Berentsen, P B M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Continuous milking; Dairy cow; Dry period; Economic comparison; Milk production; Whole farm model

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027945938     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2014.08.004     Document Type: Article

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