The current situation of dairy cattle breeding, problems and solution proposals in Usak province

In this study, it was aimed to determine the organizational structure, current state and problems of the dairy cattle breeding enterprises in the city of Uşak and to develop solutions to these problems according to the number of cattle they have. In the study, a questionnaire consisting of 95 questions was applied to 175 company owners selected by multi-stage random sampling method and the obtained data were evaluated with the help of SPSS program package. Enterprises are grouped by animal assets; the enterprises having 1-9 cattle were classified as the first group, the enterprises having 10-20 cattle were classified as the second group and the enterprises having 21 and more cattle were classified as the third group. It was found that the daily milk yield varies significantly between the groups (P<0.05). It was determined that 16.80 kg in the 1st group, 19.50 kg in the 2nd group and 22.60 kg milk yield was obtained in the 3rd group. As the milk produced in the third group is more and higher quality, they can have different alternatives for the marketing of their milk, making them advantageous in the market. It was determined that many activities and parameters related cattle breeding in the 3rd group (sheltering, feeding, impregnation, pregnancy, birth, milking, mean yield, health protection) are highly good. However, it was determined that the main problems experienced particularly in small-scale enterprises are the supply of concentrate feed and coarse fodder, high cost of basic inputs such as feed and failure in marketing the produced products at a value price. It can be suggested that if feed intake is supplied within the organization and the produced products are directly marketed, then these problems can be alleviated. It has been determined that dairy cattle businesses, which are mostly small scale family type enterprises in Uşak province, should be developed to large scale commercial enterprises where intensive production is carried out by providing various incentives and support.