Research Advances in utilization of Feed Surplus in Pastures: From Intelligent Detection to Automatic Control

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Issue		BIO Web Conf. Volume 222, 2026 2026 2^nd International Conference on Agriculture and Resource Economy (ICARE 2026)


Article Number		01008
Number of page(s)		7
Section		Sustainable Agriculture and Resource Economy
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/bioconf/202622201008
Published online		16 February 2026

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