Group Of Dairy Farmers Research Articles

Analysis of Milk Production and Quality of Friesian Holstein Cows Before and After Maintenance at the Maju Mapan Joint Business Group of Dairy Farmers in Malang

ABSTRACT This study aims to analyze the variations in milk production and milk quality at the Maju Mapan Joint Business Group of Dairy Farmers in Malang before and after the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in dairy cows. This study used fresh cow milk from dairy farmers who were members of the Maju Mapan Joint Business Group of Dairy Farmers in Malang. Purposive sampling was used to select the respondents. Out of a total of 300 dairy farmers at the Maju Mapan Joint Business Group of Dairy Farmers, 30 dairy farmers were selected as respondents. A sample of 10% the dairy farmers was taken to determine milk production and quality by recording data on milk production. The data were analyzed using the normality test and paired t-test. The results suggested significant differences in milk production and milk quality before and after the FMD outbreak at the Maju Mapan Joint Business Group of Dairy Farmers in Malang.

Analysis of Biogas Assistance Program in Dairy Farm Development

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a form of corporate social responsibility towards the community and environment around the company. The biogas assistance program is one of PJT II's CSR programs in order to accelerate the handling of damage to the Citarum river watershed (DAS) and for the purpose of empowering the community, especially dairy farmers who come from members of the KPBS Pangalengan dairy farmer group. The aim of this research is to determine the mechanism for implementing the biogas assistance program as part of CSR activities and to analyze the benefits of implementing the biogas assistance program in developing the sustainability of dairy farming businesses. This research was conducted in November – December 2023. This research was conducted using a qualitative approach using the case study method. Primary data was obtained through in-depth interviews with informants selected purposively from twenty-one people consisting of the company, participants receiving assistance and implementing parties. The results of the research show that the implementation of the biogas assistance program has been implemented through a process planning, organizing, actuating, controlling (POAC) in the program mechanism, apart from that, the analysis of the program's objectives is to reduce pollution and damage to the Citarum watershed as a result of breeder activities and provide opportunities to increase income independently and sustainably and is an effort to increase breeder awareness to better protect the surrounding environment so that it can speed up the handling of damage to river watersheds that is currently occurring.

The Role of Counsellors in Empowering Dairy Farmers in the Southern Bandung Livestock Cooperative (A Case Study on Dairy Farmer Groups in TPK Cipanas, Margamukti Village, Pangalengan District, Bandung Regency)

The purpose of this research is to determine the role of extension workers, the empowerment of dairy farmers, and the relationship between the role of extension workers and the empowerment of dairy farmers in TPK Cipanas. The research was conducted in December at TPK Cipanas, Margamukti Village, Pangalengan District, Bandung Regency. The research method involved a survey of 40 respondents using proportional random sampling. The data obtained were analyzed using Spearman's Rank Correlation. The research results indicated that 1) the role of extension workers was in the moderate category (38.4%) and 2) the empowerment of farmers was in the moderate category (34.8%). Furthermore, there was a positive and moderately strong relationship between the role of extension workers and the empowerment of farmers with a Spearman's Rank Correlation value (???????? = 0.607).

Analysis of Biogas Assistance Program in Dairy Farm Development

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a form of corporate social responsibility towards the community and environment around the company. The biogas assistance program is one of PJT II's CSR programs in order to accelerate the handling of damage to the Citarum river watershed (DAS) and for the purpose of empowering the community, especially dairy farmers who come from members of the KPBS Pangalengan dairy farmer group. The aim of this research is to determine the mechanism for implementing the biogas assistance program as part of CSR activities and to analyze the benefits of implementing the biogas assistance program in developing the sustainability of dairy farming businesses. This research was conducted in November – December 2023. This research was conducted using a qualitative approach using the case study method. Primary data was obtained through in-depth interviews with informants selected purposively from twenty-one people consisting of the company, participants receiving assistance and implementing parties. The results of the research show that the implementation of the biogas assistance program has been implemented through a process planning, organizing, actuating, controlling (POAC) in the program mechanism, apart from that, the analysis of the program's objectives is to reduce pollution and damage to the Citarum watershed as a result of breeder activities and provide opportunities to increase income independently and sustainably and is an effort to increase breeder awareness to better protect the surrounding environment so that it can speed up the handling of damage to river watersheds that is currently occurring.

PSIX-24 Social Trust in a Small Dairy Farmer Organization in Southeast Brazil

Abstract The objective of this study was to analyze the social trust in a group of dairy farmers in the State of São Paulo, Brazil. The related Association of Dairy Producers (ADP) is like most small rural organizations present in Brazil that emerged to meet the public policies. Current assessment had three stages: a) identifying producers; b) applying the surveys; and c) data analyses. The producer association was unable to provide some basic information about its members (such as phone number), which signals a lack of trust. To identify the ADP members, it was necessary to visit the milking parlor expansion tanks to find such contact. Another situation reinforced the first impression regarding the lack of social trust: an ADP member did not authorize the access to to the research conduct the surveys for the members that used the expansion tank installed on his land. The surveys were then conducted at four out of five locations where expansion tanks were installed. Among the ADP members surveyed, 68.75% answered the survey. Approximately 82% of respondents indicated caution when dealing people in general (inside or outside the ADP). Although there was an indication of lack of social trust, 54.4% of producers trusted entirely the ADP; 22.7% partially trusted; 13.6% were indifferent; 4.5% had low trust, and 4.5% did not trust. When voluntary participation in decision in the association activities was questioned, 68.2% of the surveyed members answered “actively participate”, 31.8% “participate without actions,” and none of the surveyed members admitted no participation. Approximately 82% of the surveyed members had a positive perception of the association, while 18% believed it was not properly managed and inferred no longer assist with it in the future. A greater participation in the association activities may have not being observed due to the fact that current association was transitioning into a cooperative business model at the time of current data collection. For 18.25% of the members, the two main causes of the distrust in the recently created agricultural cooperative was related to: a) the requirement to obligatory become a member; and b) the delay in the construction completion of the dairy processing plant. The results suggest that producers show signs of general social distrust, indicated by concerns regarding the advantages, disadvantages, or even the risks associated with becoming members of the agricultural cooperative. Nonetheless, the vast majority of producer members trusted in the association. Further assessment is warranted to investigate if the source of general social mistrust observed erupted from internal (local community) or external (city, state, and federal public policies) venues of the society.

Dynamics of Dairy Farming in North-East India: Fostering Growth in the Land of Diversity

The current research was carried out in the North-Eastern part of India. Assam, Meghalaya, and Tripura were chosen based on the highest milk production to examine the socio-economic status of the dairy farmer. A total of 300 dairy households were selected by implementing a multistage purposive and random sampling design to conduct a comprehensive analysis. It was found that, on average, large dairy farmers had more dairy farming experience than medium and small farmers. The scenario of a large group of dairy farmers (91.49 %) had the highest literacy rate. The average milk production of crossbred cattle was observed to be 7.02 liters and for indigenous it was 1.15 liters per day. The rainy season exhibited the highest milk productivity both in the case of crossbred and indigenous cattle.

The Application Integrated Farming System and The Role of Farmer Group

The application of the integrated farming system in sustainable agriculture has proven to be beneficial for farmers. However, the limitation of landowner and dairy cattle results in farming practices have been conducted separately. The aim of the research was to analyze the roles of farmer groups in encouraging farmers in implementing the integrated farming system. Data was collected using interviews with guided questionnaires to 36 farmers from the Dairy Farmer Group of ‘Mardi Santoso’ in Kopeng Village, Getasan Sub-District, Semarang Regency. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics to identify the relationship between the variable of the role of the farmer group and the implementation of an integrated farming system using 4 indicators (food, feed, fertilizer, and fuel). The result showed that farmers were potentially to adopt 4 indicators, yet only 8.33% applied 3 indicators (food, feed, and fertilizer) because the location of their farming field was far from the dairy cow pen and incomplete structure and infrastructure. The four indicators program has created social and economic improvement among farmers, farmer groups, and communities. Meanwhile, the role of farmer groups significantly improved the application of an integrated farming system within the integration of vegetable farming and dairy cattle.

Technology Adopted in Dairy Farms in the Central-Westerm Province of Chaco-Argentina

It´s necessary to make visible the characteristics of the existing dairy systems in the province of Chaco, although it isn´t taken into account in the statistics. The objective of the work was to identify the adoption of technology in different groups of producers of dairy establishments in the center-west of the province of Chaco-Argentina. Visits were identified and made to 14 dairy establishments between September 2021 and July 2022. The drums were divided into three groups: dairy farm group of agricultural schools (GEA) with mechanical milking, group of dairy farms with only one milking per day (G1O) with manual milking and the group of dairy farms with two milkings per day (G2O) with mechanical milking. The medium and ranges were obtained. The number of cows in milking was 13 (4-24), 7 (12-15) y 14.5 (7-20) (p>0.05). The hectares dedicated to milk production of 18 (13-69), 45 (25-247) and 30 (20-235) hectares (p>0.05), the use of rotation within the lots, 66%, 57% and 100% apply technology. The age at first pregnancy was 24 (24-36), 24 (24-36) and 27 (24-36) months (p>0.05), the duration of breastfeeding in days, 210 (210-300), 180 (150-240) and 205 (200-210) days (p>0.05). The well-marked differences appear in the presence of floor and cement roof in the milking place that only the establishments of two milking possess it. The three groups perform hands hygiene before starting milking and nipple washing before the start of the milking. However, only GEA is the one that performs the sealing of the nipples at the end of the milking. The groups of producers of dairy establishments in the center-west of the province of Chaco-Argentina, which make two milking per day showed a greater adoption of technology in the social aspects and the milking routine. However, we must continue working and that forces the need to generate care policies.

Additional Income from Improvement of Utilizing Livestock-waste on Smallholder Dairy Farming

A study on livestock waste treatment at farm level has been carried out on members of a dairy farmer group in Lembang District, West Java Province, aiming to examine the potency of income incentive for farmer, as well as whether there is a relationship between farm-output and cattle size with farmers' decisions to improve the waste treatment commercially. The study is a case in a farmer group with 30 members of farmer. The data were analyzed descriptively. Non-parametric analysis are used to examinne how farmers' attitude resistance against the improvement in waste treatment. The results shows that the livestock waste treatment provides additional benefits. With having an average cattle-size of 4.6 LSU, the farmers obtain benefit equal to an income increase of IDR 4.26 million/year. Improvement waste treatment leads to the economic productivity of each LSU increased, the highest yield was obtained by the farmers who utilized livestock waste in an integrated production of biogas-vermiculture-vermicomposting, which is equal to an income of IDR 1.68 million/LSU/year. The introduction of waste treatment improvement has been going on for one decade but only 30% of member farmers have adopted it. There is an associative relationship between the scale of the milk production and the farmer resistance to practicing good waste management, meaning that there is no guarantee that larger-scale farmers participate to adress cattle-waste problems to obtain greater benefits. Hence, growing awareness to waste problem at every level of farmers needs to be continued and developed for better environment of dairy farming.

The Effects of Revolving Funds on Milk Yields in Kenya

The study primarily aimed at determining the effects of revolving funds on milk yields among smallholder dairy farmer groups in Bomet County, Kenya. A cross-sectional quantitative data from 288 sampled dairy farmers, both the adopters and non-adopters of revolving funds was used. Propensity score matching technique was employed and the study results demonstrated that adopters of revolving funds had no significance difference with the non-adopters. This contradicts with the theory of credit access and the possible explanation could be the diversion of these funds to other non-farm sectors. Hence it is recommended that factors inhibiting maximum absorption of farm credit in the farm sectors should be considered by the policy analysts. Specifically, a policy debate of whether to give cash or farm input should be reinforced to ensure that monies set for input purchases are directed to the intended sectors.

Analysis of dairy farming systems in the Sahelian zone of Burkina Faso.

The insufficiency and variability of pasture production is a determining factor in milk production, particularly in the Sahelian zone. The objective of this study was to characterize dairy production systems and their relationship with crops to meet livestock needs. It consisted of surveys of 120 farmers in four communes in the Séno province. The results show three groups of dairy farmers that are essentially differentiated by the main activity and the sex of the farmers as well as the size of the cattle herd on the farm. The first group is made of male agropastoralists, with herds averaging 12 cattle. Group 2 consists of male agropastoralists with an average of 22 cattle. Group 3 consists of female pastoralists (96.15%), with a herd size of about 19 head. The cows are fed on pasture and supplemented with crop residues and cottonseed cake. The supplementation is more important in group 2, where more farmers have hayloft for fodder conservation and manure pits compared to the other two groups. Crop residues are used primarily as feed in all groups from January to May. This supplementation allows the maintenance of milk production in the dry season and group 2, with more dairy cows, records more milk milked (6.5 and 3.8 l) and consumed in wet and dry seasons compared to the other two groups. The results suggest that the farmers in the area have low technical level and need capacity building in improved agro-pastoral production techniques to increase their production.

Do animal health models meet the needs of organic and conventional dairy farmers in Spain and the UK on disease prevention?

Modelling plays an important role in assessing disease risks and the efficacy of preventative actions. However, the extent to which existing models meet the needs of different groups of dairy farmers around disease prevention is unclear. A questionnaire gathered information on disease prevention actions undertaken by organic and conventional dairy farmers in Spain and the UK, and on their information preferences and needs in relation to such actions. A systematic review of animal health modelling articles was undertaken to compare the expressed needs of dairy farmers for information on disease prevention, with the focus and outputs of existing models. Farmer groups differed in needs when planning disease prevention interventions. Most farmers sourced animal health information from veterinarians. Farmers preferred to use practical experience to judge the efficacy of change. To fulfil the expressed needs of dairy farmers, models need to address specific farming contexts and non-economic impacts of change.

Uji Reduksi Methylene Blue pada Susu Segar di Kelompok Peternak Sapi Perah Dusun Pabyongan Kabupaten Tulungagung

Milk is a food that has complete and perfect nutrition. The main product produced by dairy cows is livestock. In Tulungagung there are several dairy farming areas, including the Pabyongan hamlet. The purpose of this study was to analyze the reduction test using methylene blue 1% in fresh milk in the dairy farmer group of Pabyongan Tulungagung hamlet. This research is a qualitative descriptive design with the Simple Random Sampling technique. The results of this study indicate that from a total of 10 fresh milk samples, it is known that 9 fresh milk samples (90%) have a good reduction test and 1 fresh milk sample (10%) has a bad reduction test. Based on the results of the above research, it can be stated that 90% of the fresh milk samples from the dairy farmer group in Pabyongan Pagerwojo village have a good reduction test. Poor reduction test results are due to the condition of the cage is not clean, the condition of the animal being sick, the condition of the farmer being sick, or the equipment is not clean.

Waste management of traditional dairy farming for alternative energy: A feasibility study on biogas processing in Dusun Banyudono, Semarang Regency, Indonesia

Dairy farming's waste contributes to greenhouse (GHG) gas emission, and its conversion into biogas is of potential benefit to reduce emission while providing alternative energy for the dairy farmers. Although biogas conversion has been conducted in Banyudono, Semarang Regency, not all dairy farmers are interested in this biogas processing, and it seems to be related to the question of the benefit they would receive. This research aims to explain the management of the waste of dairy farming in Banyudono and a feasibility study on dairy farming in Banyudono, if biogas processing is not to be included and along with biogas processing. This study combines qualitative and quantitative approaches by conducting interviews, direct observation, documentation, and a feasibility study on biogas processing. This study finds that 8,400 kg of cow manure and 4,950 liters of urine are produced every day, by only 5.76% is processed into biogas, 11.25% is processed into manure, while 82.98% of the waste is left unused. The feasibility study indicates that biogas processing tends to increase the benefit received by independent farmers instead of the member of the dairy farmer group discussed in the study. Furthermore, our study reveals issues regarding the dairy farmers' environmental awareness, poor management of biogas distribution on the farmer group level, and technology adoption problems. Finally, a model of integrated farming system is composed to address the issue of waste management in Banyudono.

SANITASI PEMERAHAN DAN KUALITAS SUSU DI KELOMPOK TANI HARAPAN MAKMUR DI KECAMATAN KOTO TANGAH KOTA PADANG

Kelompok Tani Harapan Makmur merupakan salah satu kelompok tani yang bergerak di bidang peternakan sapi perah terletak di daerah Air Dingin Kelurahan Balai Gadang Kecamatan Koto Tangah. Pelaksanaan pengabdian masyarakat ini bertujuan untuk mengembangkan kelompok peternak sapi perah dengan memberikan pengetahuan berupa pentingnya higienis dan sanitasi pemerahan terhadap kualitas susu. Target khusus dari kegiatan ini adalah untuk menjamin keamanan susu yang dikonsumsi masyarakat sesuai dengan Standar Nasional Indonesia (SNI) 2011, yaitu minimal mengandung 3% lemak, 2.7% protein, 8% Bahan kering tanpa lemak (BKTL) dan maksimal mengandung Total Plate Count (TPC) 1x106 CFU/ml. Metode pendekatan yang dilakukan adalah penyuluhan dan percontohan yang merupakan cara paling tepat dalam memberikan pengetahuan kepada peternak. Dalam pelaksanaan kegiatan disiapkan makalah/brosur tentang higienis dan sanitasi pemerahan yang baik. Bimbingan dan pembinaan bagi peternak dilakukan secara periodik melalui koordinasi dengan ketua kelompok. Untuk lebih memantapkan kegiatan ini selalu diadakan diskusi dan konsultasi baik pada saat kegiatan penyuluhan, pelatihan dan pembinaan. program pengabdian masyarakat ini sangat efektif dalam penerapan ilmu pengetahuan dan informasi pemeliharaan sapi perah secara higienis dan penerapan sanitasi pemerahan yang baik. Kualitas susu yang dihasilkan oleh kelompok tani harapan makmur setelah program pengabdian masyarakat ini telah memenuhi SNI dilihat dari kadar lemak 4.02%, protein 3.56% dan TPC 2.5x105 CFU/ml, namun BKTL masih rendah yaitu 6.95% yang disebabkan oleh manajemen pemberian pakan yang kurang tepat, dimana ternak terlalu banyak mengkonsumsi ampas tahu yang mengandung kadar air tinggi. Peternak diharapkan dapat menerapan manajemen pemeliharaan ternak yang baik untuk meningkatkan kualitas susu, sehingga akan meningkatkan harga jual yang juga diikuti dengan meningkatnya pendapatan serta kesejahteraan peternak.

Assessing the quality of collaboration in transdisciplinary sustainability research: Farmers’ enthusiasm to work together for the reduction of post-harvest dairy losses in Kenya

Transdisciplinary sustainability research (TDR) is characterised by methodologies that support a rich and direct interaction between academics and other societal stakeholders. However, it is not to be taken for granted that societal stakeholders are interested in collaboration, or that researchers have the skills to put participative methods into action. While there are several frameworks available to evaluate transdisciplinary research, the quality of participants’ engagement is often neglected during evaluations. The aim of this paper is to empirically assess the intrinsic motivation of participating societal stakeholders to engage in TDR by pairing Self-Determination Theory with Poggi’s conceptual analysis of enthusiasm. We argue that the quality of collaboration between academic and other societal stakeholders is reflected by the latter’s enthusiasm to participate, and that this supports the co-creation of outputs that societal stakeholders can put into practice. Two smallholder dairy farmer groups in Nakuru County, Kenya, reflected on their engagement in a collaborative learning process (CLP) that started in 2013. The goal of the collaboration was to co-develop contextualized innovations. We found that giving more voice and increasing representation and power of farmers in the research process sparked their enthusiasm, while a sense of progress and success sustained it. The strengthened sense of autonomy, competence and relatedness associated with intrinsic motivation helped participants invest in co-creating research outputs that have direct effects on their production systems. Especially for agricultural research for development spanning between Global North and Global South contexts, sensitivity to encouraging participants’ intrinsic motivation can contribute towards decolonizing research methodologies and shifting more power towards the societal stakeholders that these projects are meant to serve. We conclude that assessing participants’ intrinsic motivation and enthusiasm helps to determine the quality of collaboration. A possible implication could also be the differentiation between methodological approaches employed in TDR that deeply engage societal stakeholders for knowledge integration and co-production, and those that do so only at a superficial level.

Adaptability and Productivity of Local Holstein – Frisien Cows in Banyumas Disrict

The purpose of this study was to measure the adaptability and productivity of local dairy cows in Banyumas district. About 29 lactation dairy cows from two groups of dairy farmers in the Baturraden and Sumbang sub-districts of Banyumas district were used in this study. To find out the adaptability is done by measuring the rectal temperature and the frequency of respiration at 06.00 am, 10.00 am and 14.00 am. Milk productivity was measured by measuring milk every day. Measurement of all parameters was carried out for one month. The results showed that there were no significant differences (P> 0.5) between the two sub-districts for all variables, namely: rectal temperature, respiratory frequency, HTC Benezra and Rhoad, and daily milk production. It can be concluded that the adaptability of local Holstein – Frisiendairy cows in Banyumas district is good, while milk production is moderate.

Organizational Commitment of Members of The Dairy Farmer Group in Banyumas Regency

Most dairy farmers in Banyumas Regency are work in groups because their milk product should be sold in the group to the cooperative. The top-down formation made the members of the dairy farmer group less involved in the motivation to the group. This study aims to analyze the relationship among the long-standing leadership and the motivating ability to the organizational commitment of members of the dairy farmers group in Banyumas Regency. This study used survey methods. The sampling area has been done by purposive sampling method by selecting Pekuncen and Cilongok districts, where a lot of dairy farmers are there. The sample of the group has been determined by the census method as many as 11 groups, 124 farmers. The respondents have been selected by random sampling method, as many as 50% of the total group members or 62 farmers. The data has been analyzed using Spearman’s Rank correlation then performed descriptively. The results showed that the leader of the dairy farmers group had long-standing leadership and they had a good motivating ability. The member had a high organizational commitment to the groups. Eventually, the length of leadership and the motivating ability had a fairly strong relationship with the organizational commitment of group members with correlation coefficients of 0.574 and 0.544.

Sistemas silvipastoris e serviços ecossistémicos: a visão dos produtores de leite do Sul do Brasil

This research seeks to understand the dairy sector protagonists about the adoption of silvopastoral systems for shade and synergically rehabilitate the rural landscape of the Atlantic Forest Biome. The study was carried out in the Capital of Agroecology, southern Brazil. The data were collected through semi-structured interviews with the main groups of dairy farmers. Randomly, 30 producers using the Voisin system and 30 using semi-traditional confinement were interviewed. In order to understand the farmers’position it was used Pearson's Chi-Square, Fisher's exact, and a multivariate analysis as an alternative of ordering the producer groups, with Multiple Correspondence Analysis. Most of the producers presented a proactive position regarding the adoption of silvopastoral practices. The implementation of silvopastoral systems in the properties was accepted by the great majority. These results show a paradigm shift over the past decade boosting public policies to improve pasture based dairy, and mitigating livestock impacts on climate change and environmental degradation.

The Potential Analysis of Dairy Cattle Farm Development at Dairy Farmer Group in West Ungaran District, Semarang Region

The objective of the study was to determine the potency of dairy cattle development, famers income, factors influencing the income of dairy farmers in the West Ungaran District. This study was conducted from February to April 2016. The determination of the sample villages was using purposive based Livestock Farmer Group (LFG) and the total population of dairy cattle. Further, respondents were determined by using census method for 47 people; those were 13 respondents of “Mardi Mulyo” LFG members, 7 respondents of “Sumber Hasil” LFG members, and 27 respondents of “Ngudi Makmur” LFG members. This study used regression, and SWOT analysis. The results of this study showed the multiple regression analysis showed that milk production significantly influences the income of dairy farmers. Farmers income in “Mardi Mulyo”, “Sumber Hasil” and “Ngudi Makmur” group in a row during one month arrived at IDR 703,292/had, IDR 2.157.250/had and IDR 1,649,395/had, respectively. In addition, SWOT analysis showed a total score of internal and external scores of 3.61 and 2.73. Based on the results of business development analysis of dairy cattle in West Ungaran District, it could be concluded that the dairy farm in category IV, stability strategy and coordinate points are in quadrant IV.