PROFITABILITY LEVEL AND THE ROLE OF FAMILY FACTORS RESOURCES FOR DEVELOPING BUSINESS RESOURCE DAIRY COWS IN GETASAN SEMARANG DISTRICT

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the profitability of the business and the role of family resource factors for the development of dairy cattle in Getasan Semarang District. The study was conducted in October - November 2009. The study uses survey methods. Sample locations were taken on a purposive based on livestock density, taken 3 villages namely solid, medium and less. Each village as many as 30 farmers sampled at random, so that overall there are as many as 90 samples. Primary data collected by interviews with farmers. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and multiple linear regression model. The results showed that the level of profitability from operations of 15.96%, profitable business, because it is larger than KUPS loan interest rate of 6% per year. The role of family resources factors consisting of breeder age, educational level, family size, business experience, the number of lactating cows, the number of non-lactating cows and the outpouring of time working jointly significant (P <0.01) against the development of cow dairy. The R2 (coefficient of determination) of 0.834, which means that the development effort as much as 83.4% of dairy cattle is influenced by the role factors family resources (FFR) and th remaining 16.6% is explained by other factors outside the model.