ECONOMICAL ASPECTS OF THE MODULAR APPROACH TO MACHINE MILKING SHEEP

H. Subkov, E. Vidinova, T. Ivanova, E. Raicheva

Abstract: It was made a comparative study of economic indicators “Relative depreciation” and “investment expenses” in the traditional and modular approach to implementation of machine milking sheep. The study was conducted on sheep farms in terms of expanded reproduction and a 4-year period to increase the capacity of the farm from 80 to 280 ewes. It was found that compared with the traditional approach, the application of the modular approach allows the reduction of the relative depreciation of the 4-year period of expansion of farm with: I-st and II-nd year – 77%; III-th year – 45%; IV-th year – 33%. The total investment cost of the modular approach is 19% lower than the investment costs of the traditional approach for implementing machine milking in dairy sheep.

Keywords: milking; sheep

Date published: 2017-03-15