A mathematical approach to comparing environmental and economic goals in dairy farming on sandy soils in the Netherlands

A Dairy Farming Model was developed to screen the potentials for development of dairy farming on sandy soils in the Netherlands with respect to environmental, agro-technical and economic demands. The Dairy Farming Model consists of technical coefficient generators (TGC models) and an interactive multiple goal linear programming model (IMGLP model). The TCG models have been used to quantify input-output coefficients for a wide range of production techniques for grass, maize, fodder beet and milk. The results of the TCG models have been used in the IMGLP model, that optimizes the set of producti... Mehr ...