Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment

Analysis of milk production and average weight at birth calves depending on volume food and concentrate (2 outputs and 2 inputs)

Author(s):

Majlinda Belegu ¹ *, Diana Shehu ², Mariana Nikolla ², Irma Qinami ², Elona Karafili ³

Recieved Date: 2013-07-12, Accepted Date: 2013-10-19

Abstract:

Albania is an agricultural country where about 50% of the population is still living in the countryside. The sustainable development of agricultural farms, particularly of livestock ones requires the optimization of production, as well as the continuous evaluation of impacting economic and technical factors. This study makes an economic analysis of the impact factor degree of the two constituent components of food ration used for milk cattle feeding and the average weight of calves on birth. The study was made in livestock farm in Lushnja district, in Albania. The main objective of this study was the use of contemporary methods for the economic analysis of resource usage on a livestock enterprise. There were processed and analyzed data on the feeding phase, milk yield and weight of calves at birth for a period of 5 years. There was made a by phase analysis and elaboration of the impact of two components of the data about feeding, milk yield or productivity and calf average weight on birth for a period of five years. The Cobb-Douglas production function was used to analyze the impact of the two components of feeding ration on milk production. This study shows that balanced feeding is the primary factor for increasing the economic effectiveness of farms. Another important conclusion of the study is that both maximum revenue and profit on this farm can be reached on the same point of expansion line where the cost is at minimum.

Keywords:

Optimal structure, milk production, feeding, lines of pseudo scale and food ration

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Journal: Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment
Year: 2013
Volume: 11
Issue: 3&4
Category: Agriculture
Pages: 1239-1242

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