Publication Date
1985
Location
Kyoto Japan
Description
Hokkaido is the northernmost island of Japan with an area of about 78,500 km2 and lies between 41 ° and 46°N. Dairy farming in Hokkaido, being endowed with vast land resources, has overcome severe climatic conditions and expanded its scale of operations through such measures as developing and improving grassland. Its main type of dairy farming can be said to be of the-grassland-type and the feeding resources of which depends mainly on pastures. The dairy farming in Hokkaido, therefore, is represented by this grassland-type that is one of the alternative types to be developed under comparatively unfavorable land conditions, such as high latitude, considerable height above sea level and rather steep slopes. The aim of this study is to clarify the following points: (1) structural characteristics of the grassland-type dairy farming, (2) efficiency of land utilization by size of grassland, (3) economic analysis of conserved forage production, and finally, as a result of the above, ( 4) specific characteristics of the grassland-type dairy farming. That is to say, for the type of dairy farming based on grassland, the yielding level of milk, the characteristics of grassland feeding taken into account, is to be decided by the feeding capacity of pasture land, the size of which has to be considered, in turn, from the viewpoint of limited labor availability. Thus, in the end, cultivating highly nutritive pasture per unit of land is incorporated as.a crucial factor of this type of dairy farming.
Citation
Miyazawa, Y, "Managerial Characteristics of the Grassland Type Dairy Farming in Hokkaido, Japan" (1985). IGC Proceedings (1985-2023). 3.
(URL: https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/1985/ses12/3)
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Managerial Characteristics of the Grassland Type Dairy Farming in Hokkaido, Japan
Kyoto Japan
Hokkaido is the northernmost island of Japan with an area of about 78,500 km2 and lies between 41 ° and 46°N. Dairy farming in Hokkaido, being endowed with vast land resources, has overcome severe climatic conditions and expanded its scale of operations through such measures as developing and improving grassland. Its main type of dairy farming can be said to be of the-grassland-type and the feeding resources of which depends mainly on pastures. The dairy farming in Hokkaido, therefore, is represented by this grassland-type that is one of the alternative types to be developed under comparatively unfavorable land conditions, such as high latitude, considerable height above sea level and rather steep slopes. The aim of this study is to clarify the following points: (1) structural characteristics of the grassland-type dairy farming, (2) efficiency of land utilization by size of grassland, (3) economic analysis of conserved forage production, and finally, as a result of the above, ( 4) specific characteristics of the grassland-type dairy farming. That is to say, for the type of dairy farming based on grassland, the yielding level of milk, the characteristics of grassland feeding taken into account, is to be decided by the feeding capacity of pasture land, the size of which has to be considered, in turn, from the viewpoint of limited labor availability. Thus, in the end, cultivating highly nutritive pasture per unit of land is incorporated as.a crucial factor of this type of dairy farming.
