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A survey of dairy cattle management, crop planning, and forages cost of production in Northern Italy

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Pages 786-798 | Received 16 Aug 2018, Accepted 03 Feb 2019, Published online: 05 Apr 2019

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Table 1. Summary response by herd managers (n = 41) to questions related to the dairy enterprise among labour, herd size, milk production, calving interval, culling.

Table 2. Summary response by herd managers, question related to detection of oestrus, hormonal synchronisation, voluntary waiting period and reproduction performance.

Table 3. Summary response by herd managers (n = 41) to question related to housing, heat stress, manure removal and bedding.

Table 4. Summary response among opinion by farm managers (n = 41).

Table 5. Summary response by herd managers (n = 41) to question related to nutrition, body condition scoring and grouping strategies.

Table 6. Summary response by herd managers (n = 41) to question related to animal health, insemination strategies, heifers rearing.

Table 7. Summary response by crop managers (n = 41) to questions related to the crop enterprise among labour, farmland size, soil type, tillage practices, irrigation.

Table 8. Crop yield, direct, indirect and total cost of production of forages in farms, means ± SD, 10th and 25th percentiles (€/ha).

Table 9. Direct cost of production of forages in farms (n = 41) means ± SD, (€/ha).

Table 10. Indirect cost of production of forages in farms (n = 41), means ± SD, (€/ha).