Type
of farms
Number
of heifers
that enter
the
milking
herd
Out of them disposal during the first year of use (heads)
tot
al
including due to reasons:
low
disease
other
s
produ
c-
ti
vit
y
re
prod
-
uti
ve
ca
pa
cit
y
gyne
co
-
logi
ca
l
udde
r
legs
digesti
ve
orga
ns
%
-
29.1
26.4
15.7
12.2 11.6 14.9
4.3
14.8
Farms with outdated
technology (n=182)
14597
2521
611
314
384
146
272
276
518
%
-
17.3
24.2
12.4
15.2
5.8
10.8
10.9
20.5
Intergroup difference,
p.p.
-
11.8
2.2
3.3
-3.0
5.8
4.1
-6.6
-5.7
*Industrial dairy complexes and farms with elements of implemented innovative technological
solutions.
Source: own author calculations on the basis of data from the form №7-mol "Report on the
results of dairy cattle recording" for 2016 (243 breeding stock-rearing farm of Ukraine).
Another characteristic feature of dairy complexes is the high level of harvesting
technology, preparation and distribution of feed and organization of feeding them. The
result is a sharp decrease in the proportion of first-borns that left the herd as a result of
diseases of the digestive system, to 4.3%, or by 6.6 percentage points less compared to
outdated (traditional) technology.
The economic efficiency of the operation of cows for different technologies of
their content and use is determined on the data of 19 breeding stock-rearing farms.
Milk-yeild per cow kept in dairy complexes exceeded this indicator of farms with
traditional technology by 634 kg, or 11.2% (Table 9).
Table 9 Economic efficiency operation cows on different technologies for their
maintenance and use
Type of farms;
Number of herds (N);
Number of cows (n)
Average
number of
cows in the
herd
Milk productivity
for 305 days last
completed lactation
(in 2016).
Per 1 cow (UAH)*
the cost of
maintaining
milking herd
net income
from milk
sales
profit from
the sale of
milk
Dairy complexes** (N=5)
n=2920
584
6289
20040,41
29778,42
9738,01
Farms with outdated
technology (N=14)
n=5522
394
5655
21396,96
25123,87
3726,91
Intergroup difference, +/-
(p.p.)
190
634
-1356,55
4654,55
6011,10
*The average rate for 2016: 1 Euro = 28,29 UAH (Ukrainian hryvnias); **Industrial dairy
complexes and farms with elements of implemented innovative technological solutions.
Source: own author calculations on the basis of data from the form 50-year "Report on the main
economic indicators of agricultural enterprises" for 2016 (19 breeding stock-rearing farm Ukraine).
The share of feed costs in the structure of the cost of milk production in the farms
of both categories is 46%, but in monetary terms, the cost of funds for feed, calculated
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