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The economic assessment of technological and management changes on welsh dairy farms by computerised spreadsheet analysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 November 2017

R.W.M. Willis ,
T.H. Thomas ,
C.J.C. Phillips ,
G.A. Bright  and
R.W. Howarth
R.W.M. Willis
Affiliation:
School of Agricultural & Forest Sciences, University College of North Wales, Bangor, Gwynedd LL57 2UW
T.H. Thomas
Affiliation:
School of Agricultural & Forest Sciences, University College of North Wales, Bangor, Gwynedd LL57 2UW
C.J.C. Phillips
Affiliation:
School of Agricultural & Forest Sciences, University College of North Wales, Bangor, Gwynedd LL57 2UW
G.A. Bright
Affiliation:
School of Agricultural & Forest Sciences, University College of North Wales, Bangor, Gwynedd LL57 2UW
R.W. Howarth
Affiliation:
School of Agricultural & Forest Sciences, University College of North Wales, Bangor, Gwynedd LL57 2UW
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The computerised spreadsheet model which forms the basis of this study, describes two representative Welsh Dairy farms. Its purpose is to critically evaluate the economic effects of technological and management changes within the Welsh dairy sector, and to assess their applicability at a farm level.

To provide the physical and financial parameters for the model, a statistical analysis of the physical and financial data on Welsh dairy farms held on the Welsh Farm Management Survey Database was performed. From this information two representative farms were modelled. Farm Type 1 (S) is a 32ha holding with a milk quota of 129,000 litres, and Farm Type 2 (L) a 67ha holding with a quota of 407,840 litres. Both rear their own heifers as well as some store cattle, and have small flocks of breeding ewes. Farm type 2. also grows feed barley for use on the farm.

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Electronics in Animal Production
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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Production (1972) , Volume 1990 , March 1990 , pp. 98
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Production 1990

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