Survival of Thai dairy farmers

Published 2022년 12월 14일

Tridge summary

The article highlights the challenges faced by Thai dairy farmers due to increased production costs, inflation, and disease, which have led to a decrease in milk production and forced many farmers to abandon the profession. Factors such as rising costs of concentrate and roughage, and diseases like foot-and-mouth and mastitis, have further increased the crisis. Despite these challenges, there are efforts to support and provide solutions, including the use of technology for efficient farming and artificial insemination to reduce costs and improve success rates. However, the high cost of subscription services for these technologies poses a challenge for farmers. The article emphasizes the importance of adopting precise dairy farming techniques and the potential benefits of technology in reducing costs and improving efficiency and productivity.
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Original content

The aftermath of war and inflation causing the cost of raw milk production to increase Until causing many dairy farmers to bear the costs, finally decided to quit their careers From the media page, the amount of cow's milk production in 2022, on average, decreased by 127 tons per day compared to 20211, but the actual situation now There are a large number of farms that have abandoned farming. Milk supply has dropped by more than 700 tonnes per day. Raw material costs for concentrate and roughage have continued to rise throughout 2022, finally turning into a crisis for dairy farming. Since dairy farming has a food cost ratio of not less than 65 percent of the total cost of production. Many farmers have limited space to produce roughage for use on farms. It is necessary to purchase additional roughage from off-farm. And there are also problems with foot-and-mouth disease, Lumpy skin disease, mastitis. causing the milk production of cows to decrease and overall quality of raw milk ...

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