Economic analysis of dairy cattle farms in east Mediterranean region of Turkey

Abstract

-The purpose of this study was to calculate costs of milk production, gross production value, gross margin, absolute profit, and relative profit of dairy cattle farms located in the provinces of east Mediterranean region of Turkey. Primary data were collected from 148 dairy cattle farms designated using the Neyman Stratified Sampling method through surveys. Dairy farms were classified into four groups according to the number of cows. The data belong to the 2012 production season. A single product budget analysis method was used for calculating production costs. According to the results, variable costs amounted to 65.91% of total production costs. Feed cost (86.52%) was the main component of variable costs. The cost of 1 kg of milk, on average, was calculated as USD 0.261. The cost of milk was USD 0.499 on group 1 farms, USD 0.399 on group 2 farms, USD 0.272 on group 3 farms, and USD 0.233 on group 4 farms. Among the farms under study, average gross margin value was negative only on group 1 farm, and positive in all other groups. Absolute profit value was positive only on group 4 farm, and negative in all other groups. The average relative profit of the farms was 0.9067. The expansion of dairy farms could be reached by reducing the feed cost as well as increasing the scale of farms.

Impact of environmentally friendly technologies on costs and cost-effectiveness of a dairy cattle confinement system

“…This group had little representativeness because costs with the maintenance of vehicles, machines, and implements, as well as maintenance of improvements, were analyzed separately. Such items have been inserted into the group expenses by other researchers (Yilmaz et al, 2016;Pelegrini et al, 2019;Leite, Lopes, & Cardoso, 2018). Maintenance of vehicles, machines, and implements was 3.99 (±0.99) and maintenance of improvements was 3.41 (±2.84), totaling 7.45%, which is close to the 7.59% found by Santos and Lopes (2014).…”

Economic Analysis of Dairy Cattle Farms in Turkey: A Case of Karacabey District

“…The concentrate feed costs had the largest ratio in both total production costs and total variable cost for all farm, and it was followed by roughage costs. In previous studies, the share of feed costs in the total production costs and total variable costs were calculated as 58.20% and 85.20% in Burdur province (Demircan et al, 2007), 57.05% and 71.35% in Biga province (Aktürk et al, 2010), 57.03% and 86.52% in East Mediterranean region (Yılmaz et al, 2016), 60.76% and 84.36% in Konya province (Oğuz and Yener, 2017), 49.83% and 90.36% in Eastern Anatolia region (Gençdal and Yıldırım, 2018). These results demonstrated that the ratio of feed costs in the total production costs of farms in Karacabey district was lower than those of others, and the share of feed costs in total variable costs of farms was higher than those of in Biga and in Konya provinces, but it was lower than those of in Burdur province, in East Mediterranean region and in Eastern Anatolia region.…”

“…The total sample size was calculated to be 208 dairy farms. In order to calculate the variable costs, fixed costs and milk income of the farms in this study, the equations used in the studies similar to this present study in the literature were employed (Kıral et al, 1999;Yılmaz et al, 2016;Oğuz and Yener, 2017). Thus, Gross Production Value=(milk production amount*milk price paid to farmer) + productive stock value + farm manure income, Productive Stock Value=(year-end animal value + value of animal sold + value of animal slaughtered) -(value of animal at beginning of year + value of animal purchased), Fixed Costs in Milk Production=general administrative costs + family labour force fee return + permanent labour force fee + depreciation (building, cow, tool and machine) + interest (building, cow, tool and machine) + building repair and maintenance costs, Variable Costs in Milk Production=concentrate feed + roughage + temporary labour + veterinary and drug + artificial insemination + electricity and water + repair and maintenance + cleaning + other (salt, mineral etc.).…”

Detection of esophageal and glandular stomach calcification in cow (Bos taurus)

“…Beef and dairy cattle are the main production branches which make up the economic sector of animal husbandry. The previous studies exist surrounding beef and dairy cattle and their role in helping the development of animal agriculture in the field [ 1 ]. The gastrointestinal tract (GIT) is one of the heaviest and largest organ systems of most animals.…”