Production of a CD on 'Using research information to reduce the costs of producing milk, beef and lamb' - DBS-04-97

Duration 

Team and Leader Dr. R. Steen

Organisations involved ARINI - C.S. Mayne, D. Patterson, A. Carson, and Economics Research Division

Background and Summary

Ruminant livestock production is facing major challenges brought about mainly by the difficult economic climate which now pervades. It is our view that while new innovative research programmes are in hand to help farmers produce milk, beef and lamb more profitably the first need is for farmers to be made fully aware of the considerable amount of research information which is already available on lower cost production systems. 

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