Economic analysis of beef cattle farms in turkey

DEMİRCAN V., KÖKNAROĞLU H., YILMAZ H., Dernek Z.

Journal of Applied Animal Research, cilt.31, sa.2, ss.143-148, 2007 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 31 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2007
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1080/09712119.2007.9706649
  • Dergi Adı: Journal of Applied Animal Research
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.143-148
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Beef cattle, Performance, Production cost, Profit, Turkey
  • Isparta Uygulamalı Bilimler Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

To analyze economic structure of different beef cattle farm sizes in Afyon province in Turkey, data were obtained by conducting a questionnaire with 100 beef cattle farms selected by stratified random sampling method. Beef cattle farms were divided into three groups containing 5-10, 11-25 or >25 animals. Production costs per animal ranged between 1.647 and 1.658 US$. Net profit was negative for first and second group and was positive for third group. It was found that 1 kg of live weight, live weight gain and carcass production cost decreased as farms size increased. Development of national policies to reduce feed cost and increase farm income by subsidy on forage production and cattle raising are advocated. © GSP, India.