Investigation of Technical Efficiency and Economic Value of Some Production, Reproductive, Survival and Growth Traits of Holstein Cows in Pars Agriculture and Industry of Ardabil Province

In order to optimally use the inputs, the efficiency of economic units is of great importance. The purpose of this study is to investigate the technical efficiency and economic value of some traits of production, reproduction, survival and growth of Holstein cows in Pars agro-industry. For this purpose, required information including: manpower, cattle population, feed consumption and milk production quantities were collected from Pars Livestock Unit by documentary study, observation and face-to-face interview and their efficiency was calculated based on production and economic performance. The variables used in the research include herd size in terms of head, feed and concentrate in terms of weight, manpower in terms of men per day, health in terms of number of days per day, milk production and production of manure in terms of kilograms and incomes in Rials, which include Income from milk sales, Rial value of livestock manure produced, income from sales of voluntary and forced elimination of livestock, income from sales of bulls and heifers in dairy farms were examined. Deap 2.1 software was used for performance calculations. Optimal decision was calculated numerically by a iterative method using compecon toolbox in MATLAB program. Probability of pregnancy in the first, second, third and higher lactation periods based on data analysis and using logistic regression and GenMod procedure of SAS software Obtained, the results showed that the average of technical efficiency with constant efficiency compared to the scale was 0.83; the average efficiency with variable efficiency compared to the scale was 0.86 The scale efficiency of this company was estimated to be 0.96. The amount of technical efficiency in general was 0.83, allocation efficiency was 0.87 and economic efficiency was 0.72. This unit was efficient in March in terms of types of efficiency, which means that during this month, in addition to consuming a certain amount of product produced with a minimum of inputs, the minimum costs are also considered in the composition of inputs, so the unit in this month was technically, allocative, economically and economically efficient and has a constant return on scale. Also, the highest economic value in non-optimal conditions in survival, reproductive, productive and growth traits, and also for survival rate after weaning, first calving age, milk fat and body weight of adult animals was equal to 234297.30, -41835.16, 128664.12 and 454227.93 Rials, respectively. In optimal conditions, the highest economic value for survival, reproduction, production and growth traits was related to the set of traits of production lifespan, and the calving interval, milk fatproduction and daily weight gain before weaning were estimated at 4594.88,9084.67, 1582264.09 and -1464.87 Rials, respectively. The reason for the difference in economic values of traits in optimal conditions compared to non-optimal conditions is due to the application of optimal livestock replacement strategy, so that the farmer's policy in eliminating and replacing, affect herd profit.