Integration of crop and dairy farms

Peel, Sally Marie; Pangborn, Marvin C.; Trafford, Guy M.; Woodford, Keith B.
Abstract
In this article we report on case study investigations in 2012 of seven farm businesses in mid-Canterbury. These are part of a further evolution within some of the region’s dairy industry towards the integration of crop and dairy. The purpose of the project was to establish the reasons for the land use change from crop to crop and dairy, together with the benefits of integration for both crop and dairy systems.
Keywords
dairy farms; crop farming; New Zealand; risk management; wintering; supplementary feed
Fields of Research
0701 Agriculture, Land and Farm Management; 070106 Farm Management, Rural Management and Agribusiness; 0702 Animal Production; 0703 Crop and Pasture Production
Date
2014-06
Type
Journal Article
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https://hdl.handle.net/10182/8534
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