TECHNOLOGY AUDIT ON DAIRY FARMS

Abstract

Technological audit of dairy farms in the Novosibirsk region revealed the main problems of keeping, feeding and breeding animals, causing a decrease in production efficiency. Only about 30 % of enterprises with a cow yield of less than 7000 kg per lactation harvest high quality feed. At the same time, on average for three years from 24 to 68 % of the harvested forages were classified as non-class according to the analyzed samples from 15 districts of the region. More than 60 % of the surveyed farms are characterized by poor animal hygiene. Conducted late or not carried out functional hoof trimming. The share of enterprises using only artificial insemination of cows is low, the frequency of gynecological diseases is high. The technology of young growth is not observed. Almost all indicators of such enterprises are significantly different from the reference (with milk yield of cows over 7000 kg). Critical to achieving such productivity are technological discipline, including climate, proper feeding and milking, availability of qualified specialists and herd management system.