Economic analysis of the goat breeding farm: A case study at Çanakkale's central district

In this study, economic analysis of goat breeding farming in central district of Çanakkale province has been conducted. Experimental material of this study was obtained from 58 agricultural farms by surveying and choosing simple random sampling method. Agricultural farms were distinguished into two groups as their animal distribution size took into consideration (25-80 head and 81+ head).Consequence of the study, active capital of experimented farms have 54,68% of farm capital and 45,32 % of working capital. 85,94 % of livestock potential has been obtained from goat breeding and 73,25 % goat breeding value of production has been obtained by milk production. According to farm survey, 80,54 % and 19,46 % of gross production value has been consist from livestock and plant production respectively. Goat production with 69,22 % takes the biggest portion of gross production has been detected consequence of the survey. In those farms, it was investigated that 96,32 % and 3,68 % of family income come from agricultural production and other revenue respectively. As a result of economic analyses of this study, it was determined that large farms are more successful than small farms.