Economic Analysis of The Farms That Are Members of Amasya Cattle Breeders Association or Not and The Impacts of The Support for The Dairy Cattle Breeding on Farm Incomes

The main aim of this study is to analyses the farms that are members of Amasya Cattle Breeders Association (APCBA) or not and to measure the impacts of the government support for the dairy cattle breeding on farm incomes. Farms are evaluated only in terms of dairy farming not all producing activities as a result of the economic analysis of the farms annual activities. As a result of sampling, 174 farms of which 81 is members of the APCBA and 93 of them not are selected. The study data is collected by face to face survey method and analyzed. According the result of the study, there is 12,79 bovine animal unit (BAU) per farm in member farms and 6,62 BAU in non-member ones. The milk yield per cow is 3,065 kg/year in member farms and 2,997 kg/year in non-member ones. Unit milk cost is 0.329 TL/Lt is in member farms and 0.366 TL/Lt in nonmember ones. As the subsidies are considered, the cost is decreased by 13.07% in the member farms which take livestock subsidies and 6.58% in non-member ones. The difference is because the member farms make use of the subsidies more than the non-member ones do.