Published in Scientific Papers. Series D. Animal Science, Vol. LXV, Issue 2
Written by Cornelia BILȚIU DĂNCUȘ, Cristina Ștefania NEGRE, Livia VIDU, Gheorghe Emil MĂRGINEAN
In the context in which the number of dairy cows in our country is constantly declining in recent years, a complex analysis (technical and economic) of dairy farms was necessary to determine the optimal size and exploitation mode of these categories of cattle in order to obtain a maximum profit. After conducting the three case studies and analyzing the three breeding and maintenance systems, the intensive dairy farming system seems profitable, but it requires the biggest investment, the largest number of staff and well-developed feed bases, based on generous land areas, for the realization of the vast majority of fodder within the unit, thus having the fewest inputs. Without large areas of land and high-performance dairy animals, the intensive system is losing ground to the semi-intensive system, especially as it poses major problems in terms of environmental protection, creating a lot of waste and pollutants.
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