Kaba yem destekleme uygulamalarının Yozgat yöresi süt sığırı yetiştiriciliğine etkileri

Abstract

In this study, the effects of fodder crops support applications on dairy cattle raising in Yozgat region were examined. The main material of the study comprises of the data collected via questionnaire method from the dairy cattle breeder farmers in pre-determined villages. The questionnaire study was conducted with 145 farmers in total—64 of them are benefiting from fodder crops support and 81 of them are not—in Central, Aydıncık, Çandır and Çayıralan districts of Yozgat. The gathered data was analyzed with the statistical program; SPSS. In the data evaluation process, Chi-square and t-tests were utilized. In the research, individual characteristics such as age, education level, income resource and farmer association membership variables which are thought to be influential in terms of farmers' making decisions on benefiting from supports by growing fodder crops; farm characteristics such as farm size and animal asset variables and subjects' benefiting from fodder crops supports were examined. According to the research findings, the difference between the subjects who receive fodder crops support and who do not is statistically significant only in terms of land size where forage crops are being cultivated (P<0.10) and average milk production amount in lactation period. Because of the fact that the total cultivation area should be at least at 10 da in order to get benefit from fodder crops support, it is found out that the forage crop cultivation land size of farmers who receive fodder crops support is larger than the others. In the t-test which is conducted in order to determine the differences and similarities in terms of average milk production amount in lactation period; it is determined that the milk production amount of the animals in lactation period for farmers who receive fodder crops support is higher. In this study, it is found out that main income source of the farmers who receive and do not receive fodder crops support is plant production. In addition, it is determined that the majority of the farmers who receive support, continue to receive it for three years; they raise clover, trefoil, vetch and silage maize (corn) as fodder crops. It is determined that clover is the plant which is most cultivated crop (54.7 %) and silage maize is the least cultivated crop (1.6 %) among the farmers who receive fodder crops support. Also, it is found out in the examined farms, nearly all of the animal breeders are also pasture users; the pasture usage rate is 92 % among the farmers who receive fodder crops support and 98 % among the ones who do not.