Development of profitability and the sustenance capability of the West Transdanubian Region family dairy farm

Kendi, Ildikó and Tell, Imre and Hegyi, Judit and Kacz, Károly (2016) Development of profitability and the sustenance capability of the West Transdanubian Region family dairy farm. ACTA AGRONOMICA ÓVÁRIENSIS, 57 (1-2). pp. 28-45. ISSN 1416-647X

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28 Acta Agronomica Óváriensis Vol. 57. No. 1- 2. Development of profitability and the sustenance capability of the West Transdanubian Region family dairy farm ILDIKÓ SALAMON – IMRE TELL – JUDIT HEGYI – KÁROLY KACZ University of West Hungary, Faculty of Agriculture and Food Sciences Institute of Economic Sciences, Mosonmagyaróvár SUMMARY In professional circles the issue of sector size linked to certain agricultural activities and ensuring subsistence is a matter of constant debate and our own study and related analyses are also in connection to this. On the basis of a sample containing 19 elements we aimed at surveying the efficiency, profitability and sustenance capability of farms in the West Transdanubian region. By categorising and grouping the farms based on the above, we made an attempt to draw several key conclusions regarding the minimal cow inventory (besides different specific yield levels), which is determining with respect to sustenance capability of the farms. Consequently, a few farms, although seemed viable according to the ESU size categories, stopped producing, since their activity was unprofitable. Farms with at least 20 animals performing a production level of 5000 litre/cow and with a forage area of 30 ha provided the desired income for a four-member family in each year. Farms with less than 10 cows (independently of the level of productivity) never met the previous requirement. We need to emphasise, however, that these results and conclusions drawn from them can only be guiding.

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