Dairy industry

This study is one of four studies of New Zealand agribusiness success. In 2006 and 2007, The Agribusiness Research and Education Network researched the success of the New Zealand dairy, kiwifruit, sheepmeat and venison industries. These studies are all business ...

Dairy farming plays a vital role in the social and economic livelihood of the farmer households and cooperatives in the Cagayan Valley. For the adoption of new technologies such as greening technology in dairy production, profiling of the dairy farm is an important factor in developing the assessment of the viability of the green tech to be adopted by the farmers as a means to increase their productivity and efficiency in farming. By considering this aspect, the study was undertaken in the Cagayan Valley and the respondents were purposively selected. There were four cooperatives that represented the region, while 10 farmer households were also randomly selected. The data was collected using a predesigned interview schedule on-farm/site. Key informant interviews (KII) and focus group discussion (FGD) will be the means of gathering relevant information. The collected data was analysed using basic descriptive statistical methods such as frequency, percentage, proportions, average, and rating. The results indicate that the majority of the dairy farmers in the Cagayan Valley belonged to the aged group, with an average age of 54 and above, with a degree in college, and a high income of up to P15,001-above/monthly, which represents the large and medium-sized families. The majority of dairy farmers had at least 5 years of experience using green technology, and 60% of them had both cattle and carabao as dairy farm animals. The adoption rate of green technology using vermicomposting and using solar panels by both categories of respondents reveals that there is a potential market expansion for the implementation of green technology for the dairy farming industry and for further improvement of the socio-economic status of the farmers and their stakeholders, which may lead to their embracing green tech culture. Adequate research and a contribution from the NGO’s and government in this sector are essential to improve the living conditions of the farmers in Cagayan Valley.

Abstract: A falling film evaporator is the most commonly used evaporator type in the dairy industry for the concentration of products such as milk, skim-milk and whey. This concentration often takes place under vacuum to reduce the boiling point of water and reduce any heat damage ...

The comparative financial performance of cooperatives and investor-owned firms (IOFs) in the fruit and vegetable processing and the dairy industries was analyzed for the years 1976 through 1987. Contrary to theoretical expectations, the cooperatives in both industries were found ...

This paper measures the relative efficiency of some of milk-producing states in the United States (US) by Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). 23 milk production states are selected with 12 factors, inclusive 8 inputs and 4 outputs. The recent unique model, Kourosh and Arash Model (KAM), is used to discriminate, rank and benchmark the states. There are 20 technically efficient states while Constant Returns to Scale (CRS) is applied. However, KAM suggests there is only one efficient company when thickness of the DEA frontier is less than 0.017 and other companies are inefficient with one millionth degree of freedom in inputs and outputs. Indeed, if only one millionth errors of the minimum values of positive factors are introduced in inputs and outputs values of the DEA frontier, the efficiency scores of technically efficient companies are sharply decreased. Reference sets for each technically efficient company as well as the rank of all companies are illustrated. Simulations are also calculated with Microsoft Excel Solver 2013.