Influence of technological modernization on the manifestation of the law of decreasing return in dairy cattle breeding

Issue № 3, 2020, article № 7, pages 67-76

Language: Russian

Original language title: ВЛИЯНИЕ ТЕХНОЛОГИЧЕСКОЙ МОДЕРНИЗАЦИИ НА ПРОЯВЛЕНИЕ ЗАКОНА УБЫВАЮЩЕЙ ОТДАЧИ В МОЛОЧНОМ СКОТОВОДСТВЕ

Keywords: THE LAW OF DIMINISHING RETURNS, MILK YIELD, COSTS PER 1 COW, TREND, OPTIMIZATION, TECHNOLOGICAL MODERNIZATION

Abstract: The problem of dependence of changes in the volume of production on the use of different quantities of resources in economics is solved by apposition the law of diminishing marginal product. Its essence is that in a short period, when the value of production capacity is fixed, the marginal productivity of the variable factor will decrease, starting with a certain level of costs of this variable factor. This classical interpretation in modern conditions has a number of disputable provisions connected, first of all, with technological features of separate branches of economy. The aim of the research was to study the peculiarities of the manifestation of the law of diminishing returns in relation to a certain production, and in particular to dairy cattle breeding. The studies analyzed costs per 1 cow and milk yield per 1 cow from 1999 to 2018, by the farms of the Yaroslavl district, Yaroslavl region, built graphs of the dependence of these indicators. It was found that the effect of the law of diminishing returns is manifested both in individual farms and in a group of enterprises. In addition to confirming or refuting the hypothesis, the study of this issue gives an understanding of the choice of the optimal level of milk yield per 1 cow. Factors of optimization of level of productivity of cows among which the technological aspects promoting decrease in labour intensity and Prime cost of production have the greatest influence are considered. Specific examples show the relationship between productivity, costs and efficiency of dairy farming.

Authors: Alekseev Andrei Aleksandrovich, Pavlov Kirill Valerevich