Kızıloğlu, Semiha; Doğan, Nilgün

In this search, factors that affect dairy farms success have been analyzed in Gumushane province.Primary data is obtained from 102 dairy farms in Gumushane. Kelkit, Kose and Siran have been chosen asdistricts that provide main milk production and 12 villages have been chosen from these districts according tomilk percentages. To identify success factors multi-linear regression model has been used in e-views econometricprogram. According to analysis, increasing number of total animal despite number of dairy cattle and amount ofroughage feed affect farm success negatively. On the other hand milk yield, barn quality, amount of concentratedfeed, age of farmer, farmer income from milk production and corn silage increase performance of the farms.Applying to factors that have positive effects on farm profitability like selection of optimum number of dairy cattle,new technics in farmer motivation, will increase farm competitiveness.