A Research on Determination of Goat Milk Cost in Izmir, Canakkale and Balikesir Provinces

The main purpose of this research is to determine goat milk cost in the light of the data obtained from farmers in the provinces Izmir, Canakkale and Balikesir. Data was collected from 234 goat farms through stratified (proportional) random sampling. The activities of goat farms for the year 2013 were analyzed under three groups based on the number of animals. First group consists of farms with 75 goats and less, second group consists of farms with 76-150 goats while third group consists of farms with 151 goats and more. Average animal number of farms is 128.23 and 44.90% of these are comprised by Hair goat whereas 44.71% of these are comprised by Saanen x Hair goat hybrid genotypes. Average milk production per farm has been determined as 26251.82 kg, and average daily milk production per animal was determined as 1.65 kg. Average milk price for the farmers is 1.31 TL/kg. The average cost of milk in the farms has been determined as 0.75 TL/kg. The cost rises to 0.98 TL/kg in the event that supports are not used