Economic aspects of animal welfare in milk production

• Autorzy: Gajos E.

Warianty tytułu

PL

Ekonomiczne aspekty dobrostanu zwierząt w produkcji mleka

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The paper aims to examine the influence of selected animal welfare aspects on the net farm income. Data used in the study were collected under the EDF (European Dairy Farmers) program in 280 farms representing 22 European countries. It was analyzed using the variance and covariance analysis. Following animal welfare aspects were taken into consideration: access to pasture, frequency of milking, culling rate, period between calvings and milk yield. Combinations of each two aspects were also taken into account. Milk production is one of the most important branches in Polish agriculture. Net farm income obtained by milk producers are influenced by factors related to animal welfare. It was found, that farms providing animals with access to pasture are characterized by lower culling rate and milk yield than farms not providing animals with access to pasture. At the same time farms providing animals with access to pasture obtain higher net farm income. The limitation in revenue causes by decreased in milk yield is recompensed by savings in costs. It might be supposed, that this result is related both, to improved health status of animals, and lower costs of feeding. That confirms, that access pasture is a very important determinant of net farm income. Another important factor determining net farm income in milk production is culling rate. Farms characterized by higher culling rate obtain lower net farm income.

PL

Słowa kluczowe

EN

economic aspect; animal welfare; farm income; dairy farming; milk production

• Wydawca: -
• Czasopismo: Roczniki Naukowe Stowarzyszenia Ekonomistów Rolnictwa i Agrobiznesu
• Rocznik: 2011
• Tom: 13
• Numer: 6
• Opis fizyczny: p.45-49,fig.,ref.

Twórcy

autor

Gajos E.

• Faculty of Economics Sciences, Warsaw University of Life Sciences - SGGW, Nowoursynowska Str.166, 02-787 Warsaw, Poland