The economic implications of automatic milking: A simulation analysis for Belgium, Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands

Automatic milking, a better understanding

Volumn , Issue , 2023, Pages 68-74

  Wauters, Erwin ^a   Mathijs, Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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