Deliverable (D03) available

The twentieth deliverable of the project is the third and last one within work package 1 ('Socio-economic aspects of automatic milking') is entitled 'Socio-economic implications of automatic milking systems'.
The objective of this deliverable was to analyze the economic and social implications of automatic milking (AM) at the farm level. For this, a farm level survey was performed. A questionnaire was designed to capture the characteristics and motivations of AM farmers, farm characteristics (such as farm size, grazing system, etc.) and the implications of the introduction of an AM-system.

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Message date: March 20, 2004