Optimizing farm profitability with precision livestock farming: An Agribusiness perspective on cost-effectiveness and ROI

Open Access

Issue		BIO Web Conf. Volume 201, 2025 The 6^th International Conference on Bioenergy and Environmentally Sustainable Agriculture Technology (ICoN-BEAT 2025)


Article Number		03009
Number of page(s)		9
Section		Agribusiness
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/bioconf/202520103009
Published online		08 December 2025

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