Dairy Milking Technology Projection in Turkey

In this study, it was aimed to determine the usage projections of the milking machine (mobile) and milking facilities in Turkey. For this purpose, annual change rates (increase and decrease) of numbers of milking machine and milking facilities were determined. Projection coefficient was calculated by using these change rates and projection coefficients were used to estimate the expected figures for future years. In addition, the projection coefficients for the number of cattle and sheep and milk produced in Turkey during the last decade have also been determined and evaluated together with the use of mechanization. In the study, the projection coefficients were determined as 7,28% for the milking machine (mobile) and 6,58% for the milking facility. Projection coefficients of the number of animals raised for milk production and of the amount of milk produced were 3,01% and 4,67% for cattle and 5,57% and 5,69% for sheep, respectively. In addition, there was a significant positive correlation between the number of uses of milking machines and milking facilities and the incidence of cattle, sheep and total milk production. The study has been determined that the increase in the use of mechanization in milk production resulted in an increase in milk yield