Análise comparativa de custos de produção e renda na atividade leiteira na região sul goiano: 1997 /1998

Abstract

This paper shows a comparative analysis ofthe dairy cattle production cost and income in the Southern Goiás State mesoregion using data from an intentional sample of34 producers, from October 1997 to September 1998. The main variables were the animal unit (UA), lhe number ofmilking cows (VL), hectare ofpasture (ha), and total income/total cost ratio. The first two indicate the herd relative performance while the third evaluates the pasture performance. The total income/total cost ratio varies from 0.60 to 0.93, indicating that, in the average, producers did not obtain net positive retums on their investments. The sarne ratio calculated using only cash income and costs show that ali cash income/cash cost ratios are larger than the unit (1.06 to 1.31). This indicates a relative financia] success in the short run. The main difficulties to be overcome by the dairy cattle sector are: to lower overhead costs, to improve both land e herd productivity by better herd and pasture management, and to reduce the differences in managerial performance of among producers.