Net Present Value Economic Analysis Model for Adoption of Photoperiod Manipulation in Lactating Cow Barns

Crill, Roberta; Hanchar, John; Gooch, Curt; Richard, Steven

Net Present Value Economic Analysis Model for Adoption of Photoperiod Manipulation in Lactating Cow Barns

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photoperiod.pdf (143.3 KB)

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https://hdl.handle.net/1813/36961

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Dairy Facilities Engineering

Author

Crill, Roberta

Hanchar, John

Gooch, Curt

Richard, Steven

Description

The purposes of this paper are as follows: 1) to describe the NPV electronic spreadsheet model developed to evaluate the adoption of LDL technology, and 2) to illustrate its application using farm data obtained from two commercial dairy farm businesses.

Keywords

dairy

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photoperiod

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LDL

Type

article