Milk quality evaluation of dairy farmers in the Alto São Francisco Region

Among family farmers, milk production is one of the main activities developed. The aim of this work was to evaluate the milk quality in the some properties and to monitor or manage the properties for observation of deficient points. The project was conducted on rural properties in the Bambuí / MG city and which works with bovine milk production, saves between 50 and 600 liters per day. The work started on March 2015 and ended on February 2016 and was developed through a partnership with Laticínio Total União Ltda. Three steps were performed, namely: data collection, milk quality analysis and work results obtained through meetings and lectures with producers and publication of booklet. The project's target farms was 12 rural properties with an average production of up to 600 liters of milk per day, without qualifying as small and medium producers, selected after the first phase. The milk quality analyzes were performed without 30 days interval for 4 months and the monitoring of the productive management performed throughout the project. It can be seen that the producers analyzed largely did not have the herd specialized in milk production and did not receive professional technical assistance.

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Information asymmetry among dairy producers in Paraná, Brazil

Semina Ciências Agrárias ◽

10.5433/1679-0359.2020v41n1p295 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 41 (1) ◽

pp. 293

Author(s):

Marcela Casali ◽

Bruna Sesco de Mendonça ◽

Marcel Moreira de Brito ◽

Marcio Gregório Rojas dos Santos ◽

Pedro Gustavo Loesia Lima ◽

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Keyword(s):

Information Asymmetry ◽

Milk Production ◽

Production Systems ◽

Common Factor ◽

Milk Quality ◽

Dairy Production ◽

Dairy Farmers ◽

The Past ◽

The Relationship ◽

Production Characteristics

Milk production has great social and economic importance in Paraná, Brazil. However, dairy farmers have abandoned the activity over the past few years because of difficulties in meeting institutional and market demands for increased milk production and quality. Information asymmetry between dairy farmers and market agents may be contributing to this scenario. It occurs when one agent in a transaction has more or better information than another. Information asymmetry can encourage opportunistic behavior and negatively affect the relationship between parties. These problems can be minimized or resolved by horizontal collaboration, such as participation in farmers’ organizations, cooperatives, or associations. The aim of this study was to assess the extent of information asymmetry among dairy farmers and investigate whether participation in farmers’ organizations strengthens buyer–seller relationships and stimulates compliance with milk quality standards. A total of 204 semi-structured questionnaires were applied to head farmers of dairy production systems in Paraná. Two sets of variables were analyzed: variables related to socio-economic and production characteristics and variables related to transactions between farmers and the dairy industry and the head farmer’s knowledge about milk quality regulations. The second set of variables was subjected to common factor analysis, which generated four factors: F1, knowledge about institutional requirements; F2, technical support from the buyer; F3, technical knowledge; and F4, level of trust in the buyer. Dairy farmers who did not participate in farmers’ organizations operated under greater information asymmetry and were disadvantaged with regard to F2, F3, and F4 (P < 0.05). Participation in horizontal collaborations can help farmers survive and thrive in the dairy activity.

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Dairy herd production aspects of family farms in Western Amazon, Brazil

Semina Ciências Agrárias ◽

10.5433/1679-0359.2020v41n5supl1p2365 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 2365-2380

Author(s):

Eduardo Mitke Brandão Reis ◽

Marcos Aurélio Lopes ◽

André Luis Ribeiro Lima ◽

Fabiana Alves Demeu ◽

Gideon Carvalho de Benedicto ◽

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Keyword(s):

Milk Production ◽

Technical Assistance ◽

Family Income ◽

Dairy Herd ◽

Fixed Time ◽

Family Farms ◽

Dairy Farmers ◽

Electric Fence ◽

High Production ◽

Cow Health

This study aimed to evaluate the production parameters of herds in 100 dairy family farms in the mesoregion of the Acre Valley, in Western Amazon, Brazil. To this end, the farms were divided into two levels of milk production. Data were collected from March to June 2016, using a 248-question semi-structured form and on-site observations. The information was recorded in SPSS® spreadsheets. Dairy farmers were divided into two clusters known as "high production cluster" (1,755.65 L ha-1 yr-1) and "low production cluster" (492.75 L ha-1 yr-1), using the K-means non-hierarchical method. Descriptive statistics was used and, with the aid of the multivariate cluster analysis, cattle ranchers were divided into the two clusters (high and low production). The results showed that the high-production cluster had larger total milk production (L milk cow-1 day-1) and family income within smaller areas and using less workforce. The farmers in this group also used more ear tags for cattle identification and more technologies such as electric fence and artificial insemination at a fixed time. We concluded that family farms should improve their management and receive technical assistance to strengthen their weaknesses in dairy-cow health and reproduction systems. Moreover, milk yield in these dairy farms should be improved to increase profitability of farmers.

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Urban and Peri-urban Milk Market Channel Choice Using Multivariate Probit Approach: Evidence from Arsi Highland of Ethiopia

10.21203/rs.3.rs-31191/v1 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Bedilu Demissie Zeleke ◽

Endashaw Terefe Assegidaw ◽

Abiot Deddefo .

Keyword(s):

Quality Management ◽

Milk Production ◽

Marketing Channels ◽

Milk Quality ◽

Multivariate Probit ◽

Dairy Farmers ◽

Channel Choice ◽

Milk Marketing ◽

Milk Market ◽

Contractual Agreement

Abstract This article aims at analyzing the factors that affect urban and peri-urban dairy farmers’ milk market channel choice in the Arsi Highland of Ethiopia. The reason for focusing on milk is because the product is a key dairy product that contributes to dairy households' economic development, employment creation, and a pathway out of poverty. Four milk marketing channels were thoroughly investigated: a) cooperative channel, b) cafeteria/restaurant channel, c) consumer channel, and d) assembler/trader channel. Primary data collected from 259 dairy farmers through a field survey were used to analyze the simultaneous selection of multiple milk marketing channels. A multivariate probit approach was used and showed that market distance, milk production, artificial insemination (AI), market satisfaction, contractual agreement, quality management, cooperative membership, average milk price, number of the dairy cow, and quantity of milk sold affected farmers milk marketing channel choice. The outcome suggests that policies aimed at strengthening the use of well-organized milk cooperative to access appropriate technology; enhancing milk quality management to ensure milk safety along the milk channel; introducing milk quality incentives; promoting vertical coordination through strengthening the existing informal contractual agreement; establishing advanced milk payment system and improving the volume of milk production could enhance the distribution channel of the study area milk marketing particularly, and developing nation generally.

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Socioeconomic Profile of Milk Producers in the Municipality of Olho D’agua das Flores, Alagoas, Brazil

American Journal of Trade and Policy ◽

10.18034/ajtp.v2i3.387 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 2 (3) ◽

pp. 89-92

Author(s):

José Crisólogo De Sales Silva ◽

Ademilson Neris Dos Santos ◽

Pedro Alexandre Barbosa Pereira Miranda ◽

Andrei Atroshenko

Keyword(s):

Technical Assistance ◽

Bovine Milk ◽

The State ◽

High Quality ◽

Family Farmers ◽

Eastern Brazil ◽

North Eastern ◽

Socioeconomic Profile ◽

The Law

Bovine milk is widely considered to be one of the most nutritious foods. It is rich in calcium and other ingredients, such as vitamins, protein and phosphorus. The municipality of Olho d´Água das Flores in the state of Alagoas, north-eastern Brazil is located in the microregion of Batalha of the mesoregion of Sertão Alagoano. The interviews for this study have been conducted over a period of 150 days between October 2011 and February 2012, whereby a questionnaire was used to collect the required information. Of the 41 producers interviewed, 37 were family farmers, as defined by the law nº 11.326/2006 of Brazil, relevant legislation currently regulating the classification of producers as “family farmers”, corresponding to 90% of the sample. Despite the properties of those interviewed exhibiting characteristics of differentiated production, continued high-quality technical assistance is the major necessity of the producers, hence the importance of understanding their socioeconomic profile and that of their properties.

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Barriers to the adoption of management-intensive grazing among dairy farmers in the Northeastern United States

Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems ◽

10.1017/s1742170510000426 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 26 (2) ◽

pp. 104-113 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

J.R. Winsten ◽

A. Richardson ◽

C.D. Kerchner ◽

A. Lichau ◽

J.M. Hyman

Keyword(s):

Milk Production ◽

Technical Assistance ◽

Growing Season ◽

Grazing Management ◽

Dairy Herds ◽

Northeastern United States ◽

Dairy Farmers ◽

Traditional System ◽

Survey Results ◽

Management Intensive Grazing

AbstractThis paper uses recent survey results from almost 1000 dairy producers in northeastern US to analyze farmers’ perceptions of barriers to the adoption of rotational grazing [management-intensive grazing (MIG)] as a means for feeding their dairy herds. The survey found that approximately 13% of dairy producers in the region were using MIG during the 2006 growing season. Approximately 40% of farmers surveyed were using a confinement feeding operation where the milking herd does not graze at all and close to 47% were using a traditional system that involved some pasture forage for the milking herd. Regardless of the popular sentiment that increased information and technical assistance is needed in the field, producers more frequently report a series of other barriers as being greater obstacles to the adoption of MIG. Farmers using confinement feeding tended to see each of the barriers presented as being more significant obstacles than did other farmers. Farmers with higher debt ratios and higher milk production per cow were more likely to view the financially related barriers (decreased milk production per cow, cash flow and farm profits) as significant obstacles.

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Milk quality and financial management at different scales of production on dairy farms located in the south of Minas Gerais state, Brazil

Revista CERES ◽

10.1590/0034-737x201764030001 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 64 (3) ◽

pp. 213-221 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Marcel Gomes Paixão ◽

Marcos Aurélio Lopes ◽

Geraldo Márcio da Costa ◽

Guilherme Nunes de Souza ◽

Luiz Ronaldo de Abreu ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Milk Production ◽

Financial Management ◽

Minas Gerais ◽

Milk Quality ◽

The South ◽

Dairy Farmers ◽

Chi Square ◽

Bulk Tank Milk ◽

Minas Gerais State ◽

Bulk Tank

ABSTRACT The objective of this study was to analyze the relationship between aspects related to financial management and scale of production with quality traits (total bacteria count - TBC; somatic cell count - SCC) and composition (protein, fat, lactose, total solids, and non-fat solids) of refrigerated bulk tank milk from 100 dairy farmers located in the south of Minas Gerais state, Brazil, by application of a semi-structured questionnaire. Dairy farmers were categorized according to the daily milk production: small (lower than 150 L); medium (151 to 500 L); and large (higher than 501 L). Chi-square tests and identification of possible relative risks between financial aspects and current regulation standards (Normative Instruction No. 62 of December 29, 2011, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply) associated to TBC (higher 300,000 CFU/mL) and SCC (higher than 500,000 cells/mL) means from bulk tank milk among different milk scales productions were performed. Bulk tanks milk composition met the legislation standards and had not differ between scales of production; however, SCC means within all scales, and TBC of small farmers had not attended the legislation standards and differences were identified (P ≤ 0.05). Regarding the financial management aspects, most farmers had no control over incomes, costs, nor calculated milk production cost, with decreased incidences as scale of production increased. Chi-square tests identified that producers that had no concern about milk quality payment bonuses had TBC means 2.95 times more likely (P ≤ 0.05) to be above the current regulations. Small dairy farmers had a greater negligence of the costs management and hygienic milk production as compared to medium and large farmers.

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Increasing Energy Ration of Bali Cattle to Improve Digestible Nutrient, Milk Yield and Milk Quality

International Research Journal of Engineering IT & Scientific Research ◽

10.21744/irjeis.v3i1.359 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 7

Author(s):

Ni Nyoman Suryani ◽

I Wayan Suarna ◽

Ni Putu Sarini ◽

I Gede Mahardika

Keyword(s):

Energy Intake ◽

Milk Production ◽

Milk Yield ◽

Milk Fat ◽

Block Design ◽

Parent Body ◽

Milk Quality ◽

Metabolizable Energy ◽

Increase Energy Intake ◽

Bali Cattle

To determine the effect of energy levels on digestible nutrient, milk production and milk quality of 7 months pregnant Bali cattle, was the purpose of this study. The study was conducted in Bali, Province of Indonesia on 12 pregnant breeding phase of pre-calving (2 months before the birth) with the parent body weight 329-340 kg/head. The treatment given is four types of Metabolizable Energy (ME) levels: 2000, 2100, 2200 and 2300/kg respectively as treatment A, B, C, and D. All ration contain 10% of crude protein. Variables measured: energy intake, digestible nutrient, milk yield, and milk quality. This research is a randomized block design. The results showed that increase energy ration until 2300 kcal ME/kg would significantly (P<0.05) increase energy intake and highest at cattle consumed ratio D is 22239.55 kcal/day. However, digestible nutrient was not affected. Milk production increased with increasing energy rations and highest (P<0.05) at cattle received treatment D is 2179.83 ml/day compared to treatment A 936.67 ml/day. Milk fat and milk lactose also highest (P<0.05) in treatment D are 8.56% and 4.76% respectively. Based on these results, it can be concluded that increase energy ration will increase energy intake, milk yield and milk fat and milk lactose of Bali cattle.

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Factors influencing milk osteopontin concentration based on measurements from Danish Holstein cows

Journal of Dairy Research ◽

10.1017/s0022029921000054 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-6

Author(s):

Brian Christensen ◽

Elias D. Zachariae ◽

Nina A. Poulsen ◽

Albert J. Buitenhuis ◽

Lotte B. Larsen ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Milk Production ◽

Bovine Milk ◽

Farm Management ◽

Holstein Cows ◽

Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay ◽

Production Traits ◽

Milk Production Traits ◽

Factors Influencing ◽

Significant Interest ◽

Variation Explained

Abstract Our objective was to determine the content of the bioactive protein osteopontin (OPN) in bovine milk and identify factors influencing its concentration. OPN is expressed in many tissues and body fluids, with by far the highest concentrations in milk. OPN plays a role in immunological and developmental processes and it has been associated with several milk production traits and lactation persistency in cows. In the present study, we report the development of an enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for measurement of OPN in bovine milk. The method was used to determine the concentration of OPN in milk from 661 individual Danish Holstein cows. The median OPN level was determined to 21.9 mg/l with a pronounced level of individual variation ranging from 0.4 mg/l to 67.8 mg/l. Breeding for increased OPN in cow's milk is of significant interest, however, the heritability of OPN in milk was found to be relatively low, with an estimated value of 0.19 in the current dataset. The variation explained by the herd was also found to be low suggesting that OPN levels are not affected by farm management or feeding. Interestingly, the concentration of OPN was found to increase with days in milk and to decrease with parity.

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