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The total cost of rearing a heifer on Dutch dairy farms: calculated versus perceived cost

Mohd Nor N 1 , Steeneveld W 2 , Derkman TH 2 , Verbruggen MD 2 , Evers AG 3 , de Haan MH 3 Show all authors , Hogeveen H 4

Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Farm Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, P.O. Box 80151, Utrecht, 3508 TD The Netherlands ; Department of Preclinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor Malaysia
  • 2 Department of Farm Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, P.O. Box 80151, Utrecht, 3508 TD The Netherlands
  • 3 Wageningen UR Livestock Research, De Elst 1, 6708 WD Wageningen, The Netherlands
  • 4 Department of Farm Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, P.O. Box 80151, Utrecht, 3508 TD The Netherlands ; Business Economics Group, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 8130, 6706 KN Wageningen, The Netherlands
Ir Vet J, 2015;68:29.
PMID: 26675380 DOI: 10.1186/s13620-015-0058-x

Abstract

As farmers do not often keep a record of the expenditures for rearing, an economic tool that provides insight into the cost of rearing is useful. In the Netherlands, an economic tool (Jonkos) has been developed that can be used by farmers to obtain insight into the cost of rearing on their farm. The first objective of this study is to calculate the total cost of rearing young stock in Dutch dairy herds using Jonkos. The second objective is to compare the calculated total cost of rearing with the farmers' own estimation of the cost of rearing (the perceived cost).

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