Forage mixed ration dairy farming - the pros and cons

S.L. Woodward; C.G. Roach; K.A. Macdonald; J.C. Siemelink

doi:10.33584/jnzg.2008.70.2712

Forage mixed ration dairy farming - the pros and cons

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S.L. Woodward
C.G. Roach
K.A. Macdonald
J.C. Siemelink

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https://doi.org/10.33584/jnzg.2008.70.2712

Abstract

The effects of legume forages on whole farm productivity and profitability (Economic Farm Surplus, EFS) were assessed for the 2006/2007 and 2007/2008 milking years in a dairy farmlet systems trial. Keywords: dairying, Economic Farm Surplus, legumes, lotus, lucerne, milksolids, perennial ryegrass, red clover, white clover

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2008-01-01

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Volume 70, 2008, Blenheim

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