Abstract
A study was done during 1982-1983 to develop criteria by which farmers, agribusiness and extension personnel could evaluate dairy herd management and ration formulation software for onfarm microcomputers. Ration-balancing programs were generally rated higher than herd management programs on the criteria used. A second study was conducted during 1985-1986 using a system to determine a relative value of the software based on the number of items that the program will record, summarize, evaluate, and/or report. This later study found herd management and ration-balancing programs to be very diverse in their ability to perform these operations. This is likely due to the diversity in types of end-users that are purchasing this software and the demand that they create.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 263-271 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Computers and Electronics in Agriculture |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Mar 1989 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Forestry
- Agronomy and Crop Science
- Computer Science Applications
- Horticulture