Organizational and technological aspects of increasing milk production profitability

The authors of the article have carried out on-the-farm research of the dairy cattle at the large-scale agricultural production cooperative «Talashkino-Agro» in the Smolensk region. The study has shown that when cows are kept loose (experimental group) using a cattle run, the average daily milk yield is higher by 0.7 kg (4.4%) compared to the control tied-up group. The study of the technical and technological components of the milk production process during milking has not shown any significant differences in both cow groups. At the same time, the experimental group cows have the lowest milk production cost - 2170 rubles / hwt and the highest level of profitability - 15.0% (which is 5.3 percentage points higher compared to the control group).