Technology Adopted in Dairy Farms in the Central-Westerm Province of Chaco-Argentina

Abstract

It´s necessary to make visible the characteristics of the existing dairy systems in the province of Chaco, although it isn´t taken into account in the statistics. The objective of the work was to identify the adoption of technology in different groups of producers of dairy establishments in the center-west of the province of Chaco-Argentina. Visits were identified and made to 14 dairy establishments between September 2021 and July 2022. The drums were divided into three groups: dairy farm group of agricultural schools (GEA) with mechanical milking, group of dairy farms with only one milking per day (G1O) with manual milking and the group of dairy farms with two milkings per day (G2O) with mechanical milking. The medium and ranges were obtained. The number of cows in milking was 13 (4-24), 7 (12-15) y 14.5 (7-20) (p>0.05). The hectares dedicated to milk production of 18 (13-69), 45 (25-247) and 30 (20-235) hectares (p>0.05), the use of rotation within the lots, 66%, 57% and 100% apply technology. The age at first pregnancy was 24 (24-36), 24 (24-36) and 27 (24-36) months (p>0.05), the duration of breastfeeding in days, 210 (210-300), 180 (150-240) and 205 (200-210) days (p>0.05). The well-marked differences appear in the presence of floor and cement roof in the milking place that only the establishments of two milking possess it. The three groups perform hands hygiene before starting milking and nipple washing before the start of the milking. However, only GEA is the one that performs the sealing of the nipples at the end of the milking. The groups of producers of dairy establishments in the center-west of the province of Chaco-Argentina, which make two milking per day showed a greater adoption of technology in the social aspects and the milking routine. However, we must continue working and that forces the need to generate care policies.