Input-output cost of agronomic production of crops under rotate growing condition for applying to Mediterranean Italian buffaloes

Abstract

Forage availability with low cost of production is the main farmer requisite for obtaining a competitive husbandry dairy product in the market. Cropping system for silage consumption differently impact the cost of Milk Feeding Unit (MFU) and sustainable agronomic cultivation of herbage production. The experiment aimed to assess the analytical cost of MFU per hectare in four forage cropping system models based on two crops per year bred under irrigated and rainfed condition in a Mediterranean site with intensive buffaloes breeding pressure.

Keywords

• Silage model, Growing input, MFU ha-1, Unit MFU cost