TY - JOUR
AU1 - Júnior, César Otaviano Penna
AU2 - Daher, Rogério Figueiredo
AU3 - Souza, Paulo Marcelo de
AU4 - Ponciano, Niraldo José
AU5 - Júnior, Gercílio Alves de Almeida
AU6 - Haddade, Ismail Ramalho
AU7 - Wendling, Ivan Jannotti
AU8 - Stida, Wanessa Francesconi
AU9 - Vidal, Ana Kesia Faria
AU1 - Freitas, Rafael Souza
AU1 - 
AB - Through a case study, the goals of this paper were: First, to provide whether the technical and financial results were adequate to determine the competitiveness of family farming unit to response for enhancing its dairy production system. Second, to propose an alternative analysis methodology titled concentrate rationing to measure the financial performance of the dairy cows. Third, to provide a method to analyze the performance of technical assistance and rural extension. Data were collected by control spreadsheets on family farming unit in Alegre, Espírito Santo, Brazil. Indicators related to income and production costs were analyzed by Excel® software spreadsheets as well the concentrate rationing tool. Financial analysis evidenced that the intensification process resulted in an income increase of 92.5% in dairy sales and a reduction of 38% in the total cost of dairy production; however, the scale of production can be an obstacle for farmers to meet their business opportunities. The best financial results were achieved with the cows that showed the highest milk production and were fed the highest amount of concentrate, implying that the concentrate feeding can be an ally for the family farmer. The intensification process demonstrated be positive in meeting the production costs requirements provided 
TI - Determination of Competitiveness of a Dairy Production System in Family Farming by Management Systematization as an Extension Practice
JF - Journal of Agricultural Science
DO - 10.5539/jas.v11n18p257
DA - 2019-11-15
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/unpaywall/determination-of-competitiveness-of-a-dairy-production-system-in-lF06wXhMzb
DP - DeepDyve
ER -