Abstract
The objective of this research was to survey the productivity, costs, agricultural income and economic viability of Semi-Confined and confined milk production systems in Free-Stall and Compost Barn in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. In order to perform the research, four milk production units were selected in each of the three systems studied. Compared to the others, the Semi-Confined system had greater return of capital invested per year, as well as higher agricultural income per animal and per area, while the confined system in Compost Barn had higher farm incomes per man work unit and total farm incomes due to greater productive scale of properties. The Free-Stall system had the worst economic results. It was not possible to define an ideal system for the state, since the specificities of each property should be analyzed for choosing the system, especially the availability of the factors of production land, capital and labor.
Highlights
Dairy farming is important in the generation of jobs and income in Brazil
It was not possible to define an ideal system for the state, since the specificities of each property should be analyzed for choosing the system, especially the availability of the factors of production land, capital and labor
The data used for the survey came from twelve Milk Production Unit (MPU), representative of the properties of Rio Grande do Sul/Brazil: four in a Semi-Confined (SC) production system and eight in a confined production system in which four have a Free-Stall (FS) production system and four have Compost Barn (CB) systems
Summary
Dairy farming is important in the generation of jobs and income in Brazil. The production of milk in the Southern Region grows parallel to the nation due to technological, management and organization aspects of the production chain [2]. Because farmers prioritize the most urgent activities and formal cost management is not considered as an urgent action, it is rarely carried out [3]. The cost management is fundamental to the viability of the business. Considering the more recurrent market situation, the fact that the farmer has no control over the prices of the product and inputs, he must manage possible variables, essentially reducing production costs [8] [9]
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