Structural Features of Dairy Farmers In the Erzincan: The Example of Çayırlı District

It has tried to put Çayırlı district of Erzincan that overall structure of the cattle farmers and the problems with this study. In the region while 45,4% Brown Swiss and 47,8% Simmental are breeding, Holstein Friesian less are preferred. The average number of animals per farm has been identified as 10,6 ± 2.3. Farmers of 85,7% is cleaning the navels of calves after birth, while farmers 75.2% are make artificial insemination. The most common diseases in farmers are 50% foot and mouth diseas, 26% of brucellosis, mastitis 8.5%. 64% of farmers are evaluating their milk themselves. Farmers are milking by hand with 81% while the other of farmers are using mobile milking machine