Productive and Economic Responses in Grazing Dairy Cows to Grain Supplementation on Family Farms in the South of Brazil
Pasture-based dairy production has been a major source of income for most family farms in the south of Brazil. Increasing milk prices have spurred an increase in grain supplementation, which has been poorly implemented, resulting in low levels of efficiency. To evaluate the consequences of supplemen...
Main Authors: | Luiz Carlos Pinheiro Machado Filho, Leandro Martins Dvila, Daniele Cristina da Silva Kazama, Lauana Luiza Bento, Shirley Kuhnen |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2014-07-01
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Series: | Animals |
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Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/4/3/463 |
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