Cost of Milk Production of Baif an Established Dairy Farm in Latur City
Journal Title: Journal of Animal Production Advances - Year 2012, Vol 2, Issue 11
Abstract
The present investigation was carried out to study the cost of milk production on this BAIF farm in Latur. An established farm of BAIF is located on west side of Latur. It was observed that total $. 0.932 spent for production of seven liters of milk per day per cow. Therefore for the production of one liter of milk average of $ 0.133 spent. The price recovered for one liter of milk was $ 0.2 in this way net profit from one liter milk got $ 0.067.
Authors and Affiliations
K. G. Dande , S. M. Gaikwad
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