Determination of optimum size in dairy cattle units of Hamadan province | ||
| علوم و فنون دامپروری | ||
| Article 5, Volume 8, Issue 30, June 2019, Pages 43-52 PDF (906.67 K) | ||
| DOI: 10.22092/aasrj.2018.122044.1149 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Seyed Mohsen Seyedan* 1; Hossain Shafiey varzaneh2 | ||
| 1Assistant Professor of Economic, Social and Agricultural Research, Agricultural and Natural Resources Research Center, Hamedan Province, Agricultural Research and Training Organization, Hamedan, Iran (Corresponding Author) | ||
| 2Department of Animal Science Research Hamedan / Agriculture and Natural Resources Research Center of Hamadan | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Considering the effective role of size in dairy farm to determine their profitability, selecting the optimal capacity size of the producer units is very important and necessary. For this purpose, in this study, the optimal size of milk producer units in Hamedan province has been investigated. Dairy farms are the statistical population of this research.In this research, data was gathered using survey and stratified sampling method, questionnaire tool and interviewing with 72 milk producer. Two steps Dowson and Hubbard's econometric model was used to determine optimal size. Results showed that the optimal size of the industrial dairy farms in the Hamadan province was 83 dairy cattle with 591 tons of milk production capacity per year. In the current situation, 79.2 percent of farms are producing with less capacity than optimal capacity or producing in increasing return to scale area.In order to reduce the cost of production and reduce the price of the product, it is necessary to increase the capacity of milk producer units. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| optimal size; translog function; Dawson and Hubbard model; dairy cows | ||
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