Article in yearbook 2016
History of Agricultural Engineering
The Development of the Use of Electronic Items in the Dairy In-dustry of the Former GDR from 1970 until 1990
Abstract:
The "industrialisation of the agriculture" was an outstanding aim of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany and with it also an aim of the government of the former GDR. In this connection has been established big operations for animal production. Among to be called "industrial dairy operations" with about 600 -, 1200 - and 2000 animal places. These big herds showed a challenge to the management (documentation, demand driven feed supply, manual control of milking). To solve the problems research and developing centres have been developed. They have done research and transfer activities regarding electronic devises for dairy opera-tions between 1970 and 1990.
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Recommended form of citation:
Kaufmann, Otto: The Development of the Use of Electronic Items in the Dairy In-dustry of the Former GDR from 1970 until 1990. In: Frerichs, Ludger (Hrsg.): Jahrbuch Agrartechnik 2016. Braunschweig: Institut für mobile Maschinen und Nutzfahrzeuge, 2017. – pp. 1-7
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