Impacts of Nutrition and Feeding Programs on Farmers Management Decisions Affecting the Success of Dairy Farms with Culture Breed Cattle

The aim of the study is to evaluate all the factors determining the milk production and

yield decisions with regard to the nutrition and feeding programs affecting the integrated

management strategies on the success of the dairy farms with culture breed cattle under

the pasture-based and indoor barn-based production systems. For these aims, data

obtained from the individual interviews conducted at the dairy farms with 100 culture

breed cattle were used for Principal Component and Multiple Regression Analyses. The

results of the study highlighted that while there were linear positive relationships among

liquid assets of farms value, concentrate feed and fodder intake of dairy cattle, milk sale

price, forage crop support, additional feeding and their types at pasture and milk yields

per dairy cattle at the dairy farms; there were inverse relationships among hay intake of

dairy cattle, lactation period, pasture planning, culture breed cattle support and those. The

farmers could increase the successes of the dairy farms by increasing the technical and

economic effectiveness under the integrated management pattern approaches at those

with culture breed cattle.