ANALYSIS OF MILK PRODUCTION AND ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY IN DAIY FARMS
Keywords:
analysis, milk production, economic efficiency, dairy farmingAbstract
The paper aimed to present some aspects regarding milk production and farm size
and their relationship to economic efficiency in dairy farming. For this purpose,
three variants of hers size have been taken into consideration as follows: F1– raising
12 dairy cows whose milk yield is 3,500 kg /cow/lactation; F2- raising 50 dairy cows
whose milk yield is 5,000 kg /cow and year and F3 – rearing 150 dairy cows,
producing 6,000 kg milk per cow/year. For each variant, the following economic
parameters have been determined: gross product, variable costs, fixed costs, gross
margin, gross and net profit, profit rate and other specific indicators of economic
efficiency such as: milk yield, milk cost, cost /cow/year, profit/cow, profit rate /cow,
income /cow, profit/farm and profit rate at farm level. In conclusion, the higher the
farm size and milk yield, the higher gross margin, net profit and profit rate .
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