Table 2. Farm information by the type of farmland use
Farm information | Peri-urban land-based | Peri-urban landless | Rural cereal-based | Rural perennial based | Urban SHF | Average |
Members for labor | 7 | 9 | 40 | 10 | 7 | 73 |
Adult | 4.0 | 3.0 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 6.4 | 4.2 |
Children | 1.7 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 2.5 |
Milking frequency |
3 times/d | NA | NA | 1 | NA | NA | 1 |
2 times/d | 7 | 9 | 39 | 10 | 7 | 72 |
Milk cooler |
Not respond | NA | NA | 1 | NA | NA | 1 |
No | 6 | 8 | 36 | 10 | 4 | 64 |
Yes | 1 | 1 | 3 | NA | 3 | 8 |
Farm management |
Lactating cows | 2.7 | 3.9 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 7.0 | 2.5 |
Dry cows conceived | 0.3 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 2.7 | 0.9 |
Dry cows, not conceived | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
Heifers conceived | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 0.5 |
Heifers not conceived | 1.6 | 2.7 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 1.2 |
Oxen | 3.0 | 0.2 | 2.9 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 2.1 |
Bulls dam | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
Young males | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.5 |
Calves | 0.6 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 1.2 |
Total | 10.0 | 10.4 | 9.4 | 5.9 | 13.4 | 9.5 |
Herd performance |
Bull/cows ratio | 1.10 | 0.11 | 1.35 | 1.67 | 0.03 | 0.76 |
Replacement rate | 0.28 | 0.38 | 0.25 | 0.13 | 0.28 | 0.27 |
Mortality (%) | 0.12 | 0.11 | 0.15 | 0.00 | 0.13 | 0.13 |
Mortality calves (%) | 0.25 | 0.47 | 0.33 | NA | 0.43 | 0.40 |
First calving (M) | 45 | 25 | 37 | 38 | 27 | 34 |
Parity interval (M) | 12.0 | 14.3 | 18.1 | 17.3 | 14.8 | 16.5 |
Milk yields (kg/Y) | 1,096 | 1,745 | 1,249 | 411 | 3,616 | 1,407 |
Cattle breeds |
Indigenous | 3.6 | 2.0 | 5.2 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 4.1 |
Exotic | 4.9 | 8.3 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 13.0 | 3.4 |
Cross-bred | 1.6 | 0.1 | 3.0 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 1.9 |
Av. body wt. (kg) | 449 | 503 | 385 | 331 | 547 | 425 |
Lactating cows | 2.7 | 3.9 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 7.0 | 2.5 |
Dry cows conceived | 0.3 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 2.7 | 0.9 |
Lactation peak (M) | 13.2 | 14.7 | 11.4 | 8.4 | 13.3 | 11.8 |
Lactation lowest (M) | 10.0 | 8.9 | 7.0 | 6.1 | 8.8 | 7.6 |