scholarly journals The factors influencing production and economic efficiency of beef cattle farm in Grobogan Region, Central Java

2018 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 76 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Ekowati ◽  
E. Prasetyo ◽  
M. Handayani
Keyword(s):  
Beef Cattle ◽  
Influencing Factors ◽  
Economic Efficiency ◽  
Production Factor ◽  
Farm Household ◽  
Cattle Production ◽  
Cattle Farm ◽  
Farm Scale ◽  
Beef Cattle Production ◽  
On Farm

The study was aimed to analyze the on-farm agribusiness subsystem approach at farm household, to analyze beef cattle production influencing factors and to analyze economic efficiency of beef cattle farm. The method use for research was survey method at Wirosari District and Purwodadi District, Grobogan Regency as research location. Each district was determined two villages to obtain data from respondent. Quota sampling method was use for determination the number of beef cattle farm household without a counting of population as a sampling frame. The number of respondent for each village was 20 farmers, so the total respondent was 80 farmers. Data were analyzed descriptively for on farm sub-system agribusiness approach, multiple linear regression and economic efficiency. The research result showed that the on-farm agribusiness subsystem was on moderate to good condition, the influencing factors of production were breed, forage, concentrate, health, reproduction, labor, year of farming and agribusiness implementation. The value of reproduction efficiency was 8.975 higher than 1, it was not efficient. The efficiency of farm scale, forage, concentrate, health and labor were 0.352; 0.128; 0.0148; 0.0235 and 0.0834 respectively less than 1, and it had not been efficient yet. The conclusion of research was the agribusiness implementation in beef cattle farming was in moderate and good criteria and gave the benefit to farmers. Production factors of farm scale, forage, concentrate, health, reproduction, labor, years of farming and agribusiness implementation were influence to the beef cattle production. The efficiency of farm scale, forage, concentrate, health, and labor on the beef cattle farm were not been efficient yet, while reproduction became an inefficient production factor.   

scholarly journals Farm-Scale Greenhouse Gas Emissions’ Decision Support Systems

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 22
Author(s):  
Evangelos Alexandropoulos ◽  
Vasileios Anestis ◽  
Thomas Bartzanas
Keyword(s):  
Decision Support ◽  
Beef Cattle ◽  
Decision Support Systems ◽  
Greenhouse Gas ◽  
Production Systems ◽  
Estimation Procedure ◽  
Cattle Production ◽  
Green House Gas ◽  
Farm Scale ◽  
Beef Cattle Production

In this paper, 15 farm-scale Green House Gas-based (GHG-based) decision support (DS) tools were evaluated based on a number of criteria (descriptive evaluation), as well as the parameters requested as inputs and the outputs, all of which are considered important for the estimation procedure and the decision support approach. The tools were grouped as emission calculators and tools providing indicators in terms of more than one pillar of sustainability. The results suggest an absence of automatic consultation in decision support in most of the tools. Furthermore, dairy and beef cattle production systems are the most represented in the tools examined. This research confirms a number of important functionalities of modern GHG-based DS tools.

scholarly journals Sistem Produksi Peternakan Sapi Potong di Pedesaan dan Strategi Pengembangannya

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 60-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmad Sodiq ◽  
Suwarno Suwarno ◽  
Farida Rizki Fauziyah ◽  
Yusmi Nur Wakhidati ◽  
Pambudi Yuwono
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Beef Cattle ◽  
Production System ◽  
Feeding System ◽  
Farming Practices ◽  
Cattle Production ◽  
Beef Cattle Production ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
On Farm

ABSTRAK. Pendekatan penelitian pada peternakan rakyat Livestock On-Farm Trials ditujukan untuk mengidentifikasi sistem produksi peternakan sapi potong di pedesaan  wilayah kabupaten yaitu Cilacap, Banyumas, Purbalingga, Banjarnegara dan Kebumen. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah mendokumentasikan  karakteristik sistem produksi peternakan sapi potong, strategi pengembangan untuk meningkatkan produktivitas serta dukungan pembiayaan dari bank.  Hasil penelitian memperlihatkan pola yang diterapkan berupa peternakan tradisional berlahan terbatas (traditional rural landless) yang terintegrasi dengan sistem pertanian utamanya tanaman padi. Sapi Peranakan Ongole (PO) sangat dominan ditemukan dan merupakan  sapi lokal yang tersebar di lima kabupaten. Pada wilayah penelitian juga ditemukan Sapi Brahman Cross yang ditujukan untuk pembiakan. Penampilan produksi sapi PO,  Sumba Ongole dan  Persilangan Simmental untuk tujuan penggemukan memperlihatkan hasil  BCS sedang sampai tinggi, tetapi produktivitas sapi Brahman Cross cenderung rendah. Diperlukan perbaikan pada feeding system and good farming practices untuk meningkatkan produktivitas sapi. Kebijakan untuk meningkatkan akses pembiayaan kredit, meliputi (i) Penguatan dinamika kelompok dan penerapan teknologi untuk memperbaiki produktivitas sapi potong,  (ii)  pendampingan pemerintah mengenai aspek penjaminan dan subsidi kredit, penyediaan bantuan untuk revitalisasi pertanian yang dikelola pemerintah dan perbankan, (iii) bekerjasama dengan mitra yang sesuai seperti perbankan dan BUMN untuk program  Kredit Kemitraan dan  Corporate Social Responsibility. (Livestock production system of beef cattle in the village and their development strategies)ABSTRACT. Livestock On-Farm Trials addressed to identify livestock system of beef cattle production in the villages of Cilacap, Banyumas, Purbalingga, Banjarnegara and Kebumen  regencies. This study was designed to documenting the production system characteristics of beef cattle and  development strategic of livestock production system in order to increase their productivity and financial support from bank. Beef cattle production systems characterize by traditional rural landless and integrated with crops especially rice. Ongole Cross (Peranakan Ongole) are the predominant of the local cattle and are widely distributed over the five regencies.  Brahman Cross also found that are raising for cow calf operation. Performance of Peranakan Ongole, Sumba Ongole, and Simental Cross for fattening purposes were moderate to high of BCS, but low reproductive for Brahman Cross. Improving  feeding system and good farming practices could be done to increase beef cattle productivity. Policies to improve access to credit financing, including (i) Strengthening of group dynamics and application of technology to improve the productivity of beef cattle,(ii) government assistance on the aspects of credit guarantee and subsidies, provision of assistance for agricultural revitalization managed by the government and banking,(iii) working with appropriate partners such as banks and BUMN for Partnership Credit and Corporate Social Responsibility programs.

Beef cattle keeping by smallholders in a mountainous province of northern Vietnam in relation to poverty status, community remoteness and ethnicity

2013 ◽  
Vol 53 (2) ◽  
pp. 163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Le Thi Thanh Huyen ◽  
Dinh Thi Tuyet Van ◽  
André Markemann ◽  
Pera Herold ◽  
Anne Valle Zárate
Keyword(s):  
Beef Cattle ◽  
Smallholder Farmers ◽  
Rural Poverty ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Beef Production ◽  
Cattle Production ◽  
Poverty Status ◽  
Beef Cattle Production ◽  
Per Capita ◽  
On Farm

Vietnam’s national beef demand is continuously increasing, but is not able to be satisfied by domestic supply. Because land scarcity is a major constraint to beef production in many parts of the country, attempts to enhance beef production in Vietnam have focussed on small-scale household farms in remoter areas. The present study aimed to investigate the relation between cattle keeping and poverty status of household farms in Son La province, north-west Vietnam. In addition, altitude, community remoteness and technology adoption of the investigated households were considered for an evaluation of the feasibility of smallholder beef cattle production in the upland areas. Data on livestock production of 299 randomly selected households of different ethnic groups in the lowlands and highlands of Yen Chau district, Son La province, were collected by using structured and standardised questionnaires. The poverty status of the households was defined on basis of daily per-capita expenditures, dividing the investigated households into poor and non-poor farmers with daily per-capita expenditures below and above the rural poverty line, respectively. Cattle keeping farms in Yen Chau district showed advantages in terms of available land and labour resources compared with non-cattle keeping farms. Cattle were kept mainly by non-poor farmers, particularly the Thai, whose farm holdings are most commonly located in the lowlands. The number of cattle raised on farm was related to the poverty status of the households and remoteness. Cattle compete with other livestock in the use of limited farm resources. Cattle keeping farms more frequently applied feeding innovations to reduce feed competition on farm than the non-cattle keeping households. For the very poor, small animals are more appropriate than beef cattle production activities. Only in the identified advantageous regions, smallholder farmers might engage in beef production, if appropriate policies are implemented to support them in raising cattle. Consequently, the development of beef production under those conditions could contribute to poverty reduction by increasing smallholder’s incomes in the remote highland regions.

scholarly journals SIZE AND EFFECTIVENESS OF FARMS SPECIALIZING IN THE PRODUCTION OF BEEF CATTLE ON THE BACKGROUND OF ALL AGRICULTURAL FARMS

2020 ◽  
Vol XXII (2) ◽  
pp. 70-79
Author(s):  
Dorota Komorowska
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Beef Cattle ◽  
Economic Efficiency ◽  
Farm Size ◽  
Cattle Production ◽  
Management Effectiveness ◽  
Low Level ◽  
Beef Cattle Production ◽  
Production Subsidies ◽  
Production Resources

The aim of the study is the assessment of the management effectiveness of production resources on farms of various sizes specializing in beef cattle production against the background of total results in farms covered by agricultural accounting in the FADN system in 2017. The assessment was carried out in terms of organization and the intensity of production, production and economic results as well as the efficiency of resource management. Production intensity on farms focused on beef cattle production was found to be clearly lower, therefore, productivity and profitability settled on a low level. For most farms specializing in beef cattle production, subsidies determined income, however, when their size increased, the share of subsidies in income generally dropped. Decreasing cost-intensity in production caused it. Accordingly, along with an increase in the size of the compared farm groups, the differences in the level of income and economic efficiency of resource management clearly decreased. Therefore, it can be assumed that the increase of farm size specializing in beef cattle production is a way to improve effectiveness, especially the economic effectiveness of resource management.

INFLUENCE OF MATURE COW WEIGHT ON ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY IN BEEF CATTLE PRODUCTION

1975 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
pp. 233-250 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. A. MORRIS ◽  
J. W. WILTON
Keyword(s):  
Beef Cattle ◽  
Economic Efficiency ◽  
Market Price ◽  
Farm Size ◽  
Cattle Production ◽  
Gross Margin ◽  
Economic Values ◽  
High Feed ◽  
Beef Cattle Production ◽  
Beef Prices

Linear programming has been used to investigate with a farm level model the influence of mature cow weight on economic efficiency in beef cattle production. Four other factors are considered: (1) farm size, (2) herd size, (3) beef and feed prices, and (4) a marketing option (i.e. the facility to feed home-grown crops or to feed and sell home-grown crops). Intermediate prices represent Ontario conditions for 1972. The model describes straightbred production, and is integrated in the sense that it includes a cow–calf operation with replacements bred on the farm, a beef feedlot for steers and surplus heifers, cropping, and the labor and capital required for livestock and cropping. Farm gross margin was the criterion for comparing the 450 combinations of factors, as this was considered the most relevant criterion for the farmer. Comparisons were made only within farm sizes. Optimal plans did not always correspond in ranking for gross margin/cow, gross margin/kg and farm gross margin. In general, the larger cows produced larger farm gross margins. The most important exceptions were under conditions of high feed prices relative to beef prices, where intermediate or small-sized cows were most profitable, depending on the farm size. With high beef prices, economic values (as defined in the text) for mature cow weights ranged from 33 to 51 % of the market price for beef. At intermediate feed and beef prices, economic values were smaller, averaging $0.083/kg or 11.6% of the market price for beef. Because of the assumption in the model of proportionality in growth, the economic values for weaning weight and daily gain could be derived from those for mature weight, giving average values of $0.181/kg and $4.51 per 0.1 kg/day, respectively. With high feed prices (relative to beef prices), economic values were negative under most conditions.

scholarly journals A Decision Support Aid for Beef Cattle Investment Using Expert Systems

1996 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 180-192 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lawrence L. Falconer ◽  
Charles R. Long ◽  
James M. McGrann
Keyword(s):  
Decision Support ◽  
Expert System ◽  
Beef Cattle ◽  
Financial Institutions ◽  
Economic Efficiency ◽  
Investment Decision ◽  
Investment Decisions ◽  
System Technology ◽  
Cattle Production ◽  
Beef Cattle Production

AbstractThe beef cattle investment decision provides an excellent opportunity to increase the economic efficiency of beef cattle production. The investment questions that face beef cattle producers are of interest to beef cattle producers, educators, and financial institutions involved in lending to beef cattle producing firms. This study develops a decision support aid utilizing expert system technology to assist beef cattle producers in making well-founded investment decisions with respect to the firm's beef cattle herd.

Environmental impacts of Brazilian beef cattle production in the Amazon, Cerrado, Pampa, and Pantanal biomes

2021 ◽  
pp. 127750
Author(s):  
Milene Dick ◽  
Marcelo Abreu da Silva ◽  
Rickiel Rodrigues Franklin da Silva ◽  
Otoniel Geter Lauz Ferreira ◽  
Manoel de Souza Maia ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Beef Cattle ◽  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Cattle Production ◽  
Beef Cattle Production

Identification of breeding objectives using a bioeconomic model for a beef cattle production system in Uruguay

2014 ◽  
Vol 160 ◽  
pp. 21-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Isabel Pravia ◽  
Olga Ravagnolo ◽  
Jorge Ignacio Urioste ◽  
Dorian J. Garrick
Keyword(s):  
Beef Cattle ◽  
Production System ◽  
Bioeconomic Model ◽  
Cattle Production ◽  
Breeding Objectives ◽  
Beef Cattle Production

Bioeconomic simulation of Rhipicephalus microplus infestation in different beef cattle production systems in the Brazilian Cerrado

2021 ◽  
Vol 194 ◽  
pp. 103247
Author(s):  
Maria Paula Cavuto Abrão Calvano ◽  
Ricardo Carneiro Brumatti ◽  
Jacqueline Cavalcante Barros ◽  
Marcos Valério Garcia ◽  
Kauê Rodriguez Martins ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Beef Cattle ◽  
Production Systems ◽  
Rhipicephalus Microplus ◽  
Brazilian Cerrado ◽  
Cattle Production ◽  
Beef Cattle Production

183 Designing Research for Beef Cattle Production in Extensive Environments

2021 ◽  
Vol 99 (Supplement_3) ◽  
pp. 98-99
Author(s):  
Timothy DelCurto ◽  
Sam Wyffels
Keyword(s):  
Beef Cattle ◽  
Statistical Inference ◽  
Multiple Regression ◽  
Feed Intake ◽  
Cattle Production ◽  
Modeling Tools ◽  
Activity Monitors ◽  
Multiple Observations ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Beef Cattle Production

Abstract Designing research for beef cattle production in rangeland environments is an ongoing challenge for researchers worldwide. Specifically, creating study designs that mirror actual production environments yet have enough observations for statistical inference is a challenge that often hinders researchers in efforts to publish their observations. Numerous journals will accept “case study” or observational results that lack valid statistical inference. However, these journals are limited in number and often lack impact. Approaches are available to gain statistical inference by creating multiple observations within a common group of animals. Approaches to increasing statistical observations will be discussed in this presentation. Modeling animal behavior and performance on extensive rangeland landscapes is commonly practiced in wildlife ecology and, more recently, has been published in Animal Science journals. Additionally, new technology has made it possible to apply treatments (e.g., supplementation studies) to individual animals on extensive environments where large, diverse herds/flocks of cattle/sheep are managed as a single group. Use of individual animal identification (EID) and feed intake technology has opened a wide range of research possibilities for beef cattle production systems research in rangeland environments. Likewise, global positioning system (GPS) collars and activity monitors have created the opportunity to evaluate animal grazing behavior in remote and extensive landscapes. The use of multiple regression models to evaluate resource use in extensive environments will, in turn, help managers optimize beef cattle production and the sustainable use of forage/rangeland resources. Embracing new technologies such as GPS, activity monitors, EID tags, and feed intake monitors combined with multiple regression modeling tools will aid in designing and publishing beef cattle production research in extensive rangeland environments.

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