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Dairy production and milk processing are one of the main strategies goals of agricultural sector in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Though, there is permanent growth in the last period at all levels, this sector characterizes small milk yields per dairy cow (about 2,500 kg), low percent milk collection, poor quality of fresh milk and low percent used of dairy capacity. One of limited factors for increase in the dairy sector is poor production assortment in dairies. That assortment is based on products with lower value added and the UHT sterilized milk is dominated product. There is permanent foreign trade deficit in this sector and the imported value is larger for 145 % than the imported value in 2008. The main of BH trading partners is Croatia and nearly half part value of milk and dairy products imported from this country in 2008. The main dairy export destination is Croatia with a share of 67.3 % and Macedonia with a share of 13.5 % in 2008.

Given the accelerated technical and technological development in the field of agricultural production of the 21st century, which aims to increase production quantitatively, the quality of primary agricultural products is in many cases unfairly neglectedThis has directly aroused consumer awareness of the inevitable transition to purchasing products from alternative production methods (self-produced "healthy food", organic food production). For these reasons, the consumer alternative is to switch to environmentally friendly and health-safe products obtained from agricultural production and to use them in the future. A very promising product of this kind in the Republic of Serbia is vermicompost. Vermicompost is widely used in primary agricultural production: fruits and vegetables, mushroom production, horticulture, nurseries, green areas, parks, green sports fields, and in all segments of organic plant production. The benefits that farmers have from using vermicompost are a prerequisite for this product to be marketed in Serbia. This paper describes the benefits for both vermicompost manufacturers and consumers and the wider community.

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The recent research has provided insight into the item whether livestock must be included in the crop farm in order to attain the economic benefits of crop-livestock interactions, particularly those related to soil fertility management. Crop-livestock operations are well suited to the adoption of many alternative practices. Crop rotations using cover crops, such as leguminous hays, are readily suited to livestock operations. These rotations reduce fertilizer and pesticide needs and provide a valuable feed source. Many legumes are quality hay crops. In croplivestock operations, hay crops with a market value ordinarily lower than cash grains have economic value as a portion of farm land in a cover crop. They may provide additional erosion control benefits and allow the planting of feed grains on more suitable land. Manure also becomes a valuable source of soil organic matter, nitrogen and other nutrients such as potassium and phosphorus. Diversified crop-livestock operations also have greater protection against input (feed) and output (animal products) price fluctuations. By different methods of calculations in this paper economic benefits in the interaction of cropping and livestock as well as the effects of the crop rotations on the farm will be analyzed.