INVESTIGATION ASPECT OF TECHNICAL AND STRUCTURAL OF BEEF CATTLE BARNS IN ADIYAMAN PROVINCE

Abstract

In this study, it was aimed to determine the current status and problems in terms of technical and structural conditions of beef cattle barns structures in Adıyaman city center and its districts, in the T.C. İpekyolu Development Agency (İKA) in TRC1 Region. The construction materials used in beef cattles, the dimensions of the structural elements, the levels of automation and mechanization, the product design and the problems faced by the manufacturers were determined. For this purpose, in line with the data obtained from Adıyaman provincial and district Agricultural Directorates, observations and measurements were made by going to all beef cattle enterprises and surveys were applied to each of the business owners to determine the technical and structural problems of the enterprises. According to the results of the survey, measurement, and observation, it was determined that all of the enterprises belong to the owners of the enterprises and all the shelters were planned as Open Beef Cattle Barns. 22.5% of the barns were built with the own money of the business owners, 5% by using loans, and 72.5% by getting both support and grant aid from the state. It was determined that 7,5% of beef cattle shelters had no roughage storage, 5% had no concentrated feed storage and 70% had no silage feed storage. As a result of the statistical analysis on beef cattle enterprises, a significant relationship was found between the construction years of cattle barns and needs to the renewal of barns or not (p<0.01). In addition between the number of animals in shelters and utilization status from government supporting programs such as credit, support and grants of business owners, and between the number of animals in farms and the presence or not of manure storage in the farms, a significant relationship was determined (p<0.01).