Feeding Systems with Legumes to Intensify Dairy Farms - cgiar
Feeding Systems with Legumes to Intensify Dairy Farms - cgiar
Feeding Systems with Legumes to Intensify Dairy Farms - cgiar
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Table 2. Prices of inputs and products on dual-purpose cattle farms in Costa<br />
Rica, Honduras and Nicaragua.<br />
Variable Costa Rica<br />
(n=21)<br />
118<br />
Honduras<br />
(n=20)<br />
Nicaragua<br />
(n=37)<br />
Milk<br />
Weighted price (US$/kg)<br />
Rainy season<br />
0.22 0.26 0.21<br />
Processing plant 0.27 0.18 0.21<br />
Middlemen 0.17 0.21 0.17<br />
Farmgate<br />
Dry season<br />
0.20 NA* 0.18<br />
Processing plant 0.27 0.31 0.24<br />
Middlemen 0.17 0.34 0.27<br />
Farmgate<br />
Producers (%) sell milk <strong>to</strong><br />
0.21 NA 0.28<br />
Processing plant 42 65 11<br />
Middlemen 29 35 46<br />
Other producers 29 0 38<br />
Meat (US$/kg culled cow)<br />
Use of labor<br />
0.62 0.80 0.65<br />
Permanent (no. of people/farm) 1.52 2.95 3.36<br />
Temporary (no. of work days/farm<br />
per year)<br />
4 31 27<br />
Labor cost (US$/day) a 9.3 3.6 2.3<br />
Efficiency (no. of cows/person) 17.3 15.2 13.2<br />
Land value (US$/ha)<br />
Animals (US$/animal)<br />
3,676 2,078 612<br />
Cow 540 750 485<br />
Heifer 500 415 330<br />
Weaned calf 160 140 110<br />
Bull<br />
Input prices (US$/kg)<br />
600 800 550<br />
Chicken manure 0.04 NA 0.065<br />
Molasses 0.08 0.09 0.08<br />
Commercial feed concentrate 0.19 0.21 0.19<br />
Salt 0.13 0.12 0.12<br />
Minerals 0.94 0.86 0.95<br />
a Includes social benefits estimated at 44% for Costa Rica and 17% for Honduras and Nicaragua.<br />
* NA = Not available.