Ternak burung puyuh memiliki keunggulan antara lain kandungan protein 13,1% dan lemak 11,1% lebih baik dibandingkan dengan ternak unggas (ayam ras dan itik).Kecamatan Sonder merupakan salah satu kecamatan yang sudah memelihara ternak burung puyuh di Kabupaten Minahaasa. Mencermati usaha ternak burung puyuh yang dilakukan oleh petani peternak di kecamatan Sonder bahwa, sumberdaya pakan yang masih menggunakan pakan jadi (pakan pabrik) dan belum memanfaatkan sumberdaya pakan lokal tentunya berpengaruh pada biaya pakan yang cukup besar. Dengan demikian petani peternak burung puyuh di Kecamatan Sonder masih tergantung pada pakan pabrik sehingga perlu dilakukan kajian melalui penelitian apakah usaha beternak burung puyuh yang dilakukan oleh petani peternak di kecamatan Sonder memberikan tingkat keuntungan atau sebaliknya. Berdasarkan permasalahan tersebut, maka rumusan masalah penelitian ini ialah apakah usaha beternak burung puyuh memberikan keuntungan bagi petani peternak. Adapun tujuan dari penelitian ini yaitu untuk menganalisis besarnya keuntungan dan biaya produksi usaha ternak burung puyuh serta mengetahui pola pemasaran burung puyuh.Biaya produksi dari usaha ternak burung puyuh di Kecamatan Sonder terdiri biaya tetap dan biaya variabel. Biaya tetap dalam usaha ini adalah sebesar Rp.76.721.125/periode produksi dengan rata-rata responden mengeluarkan biaya tetap sejumlah Rp.6.393.427/periode produksi. Biaya tidak tetap dalam usaha ini mengeluarkan biaya sejumlah Rp. 1.876.017.850/periode produksi dengan rata-rata responden mengeluarkan biaya tidak tetap sejumlah Rp.168.936.844. Keuntungan yang didapatkan peternak pada usaha ternak burung puyuh di Kecamatan Sonder disepanjang satu periode produksi adalah sebesar Rp.611.849.525/periode produksi, dengan rata-rata peternak memperoleh keuntungan sebesar Rp. 50.987.460/periode produksi.Hal ini menunjukkan bahwa usaha ternak burung puyuh yang dijalankan bisa memberikan manfaat atau keuntungan seperti apa yang diharapkan

POTENTIAL ANALYSIS OF NATURE RESOURCES, LABORS, AGRICULTURE AND PLANTATION ON BEEF DEVELOPMENT AT ERIS DICTRICT, MINAHASA REGENCY. Beef population at Eris district of Minahasa regency was decreasing. On the other hand, the areas of Eris district have the potential support in terms of nature resource availability, local labors, agriculture and plantation. The problems were that those supporting factors for beef development had not been evaluated at each village at Eris district. The objective of this study was to identify supporting factors for beef development and to define basis village at Eris district for beef farm development. Survey method was applied for data collection. Results showed that Eris district had productive labor resources with the average age of 44 years old, although the average education level of elementary school. Big geographical potential aspects of agriculture and plantation around Eris district were low land and mountain land. The calculation of Location Quation (LQ) found five villages for beef development having LQ of more than 1.0, including Telap village (2.545), Tandengan I village (1.636), Maumbi village (1.512), Watumea village (1.091), and Eris village (1.091). Three villages at Eris district had no potency for beef development with LQ values of less than 1.0, including Tandengan village (0.364), Ranomerut village (0.909), and Toliang Oki village (0.182). Therefore, it can be concluded that Eris district had potency for beef development supported by the availabilities of nature resources, labor (household farmers) and agriculture as well as plantation areas spreading on five basis villages of Telap village, Tandengan I village, Maumbi village, Watumea village, and Eris village. Key words: Nature resource, Labor resource, Agriculture, Plantation, LQ, Eris Minahasa.

The purpose of this study was to analyze the factors influencing the production and the efficiency of pig farming input in Minahasa Regency of North Sulawesi Province. The location was determined using the multistage random sampling method, determining regency, districts, and village, which have the highest pig population in North Sulawesi Province, so that Minahasa Regency, and four selected Districts (Sonder, Kakas, Tombulu and Tombariri), then 2 villages/district were taken. The sample was determined using a simple random method by taking 25 farmers in each district so that the total sample was 100 pig farmers, then the data was taken in January-July 2019. Variables measured were the number of pig production, the number of sows, the number of piglets, the number of feed (corn, concentrate, rice bran) and the number of labor. Data were analyzed using the Cobb-Douglas production function model with multiple linear regression and marginal product values calculations. The results showed that the efficiency of pig farming inputs was larger than one, meaning it was inefficient. This condition is still possible to increase pig production by increasing the number of sows, the number of piglets, the number of feed (corn, bran, concentrate), and the number of labor.

THE POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF  BEEF CATTLE INWESTSUB TOMPASO DISTRICT.The objectives of this study was to find out the 1) various supporting resources for the development of beef cattle in West Sub Tompaso district, 2) Annalizing by LQ (Location Quotient) to determine the chosen location for beefcattle industry development in West Tompaso District. To know of cattle breeding potential in West sub Tompaso district.The sources of the research data were from secondary data which was collected from the district office of West Tompaso board of Agricultural, Fisheries and Forestry Extension. Office analysis model used Location Quotation (LQ) analysis model of potential and capacity of the area for beef cattle industry development in West Tompaso District. Based on the results of the analysis show that LQ sub TompasoWest has LQ 2.08 which is the base area. According to the results of maximum potential development of animal unit (AU) based on land resources was about 2.269,03 AU, capacity of increasing cow population-based area was about 1.180,53 AU, real cattle population was about 1.088,5AU, maximum potential based family unit was about 6.012 AU, and capacity of cattle population growth was about 4.923,5 AU. These values show that West Tompaso District has potential in developing beef cattle industry.Keywords: Beef cattle, potential area

ANALYSIS OF PRODUCTION FACTOR UTILIZATION AT LAYING HEN FARMS (CASE STUDIES AT UD. KAKASKASEN INDAH AND CV. NAWANUA FARM). Laying hen farm can support the government program due to its prominence in egg productivity. The problem that must be evaluated were how much the profit in one period of production gained and how many the scale of laying hen farm to reach the break event point. The laying hen farms used in this study were UD. Kakaskasen Indah and CV. Kawanua Farm. The objectives of this study were to evaluate utilization of production factor, profit level and break event point. Research was conducted by survey method. Data were collected based on field observation and direct discussion with the owners of laying hen farms. Results showed that both laying hen farms had the largest production costs of 69.44% for animal feeding on CV. Kawanua Farm and 76.66% for animal feeding on UD. Kakaskasen Indah. Analysis of profit level on CV. Kawanua Farm were Rp. 5,247,257,316 per production period with farm scale of 21,000 heads of animals per production period. The BEP were Rp. 209,297,896 for 10,956 heads of animals, with MOS of 94.36% and ROI of 1.78. Analysis of profit level on UD. Kakaskasen Indah were Rp. 17,523,288,446 per production period with farm scale of 60,000 heads of animals per production period. The BEP were Rp. 517,417,088 for 24,851 heads of animals, with MOS of 96.38% and ROI of 1.25. Results of analysis showed that both laying hen farms were using the capital efficiently as indicated by profitable values of MOS and ROI above the break event point.  Key Words : Production factor, BEP, MOS, ROI