Combining beef cattle and sheep in an organic system. II. Benefits for economic and environmental performance

Combining several animal species to optimise the performance of the whole farming system is one of the core tenets of agroecology. Here, we associated sheep with beef cattle (40–60% livestock units (LU)) in a mixed system (MIXsys) and compared its performances to those of a specialised beef cattle-o...

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Published in:	Animal
Main Authors:	Marc Benoit, Karine Vazeille, Clément Jury, Christophe Troquier, Patrick Veysset, Sophie Prache
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2023-04-01
Subjects:	Feed–food competition Grass-fed meat Livestock farming system Mixed system Multiperformance
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731123000551