Profit function analysis of dairy cattle farming in getasan and west ungaran districts,semarang regency

The purpose of this study was to analyze the influence of the production factors on the profit of the dairy cattle farming business in semarang regency. the research was conducted during july-september 2012. the method used was a survey method. the sampling technique used multistage random sampling method. the selected locations (getasan and west ungaran district) were deliberately selected because they had the highest population of dairy cattle. respondents were dairy cattle farmers who were drawn randomly as many as 80 respondents. the measured variables were profit,cost of forage,cost of concentrate,cost of labor,capital and farm experience. the data were analyzed descriptively and statistically. data were analyzed using the profit function output unit price cobb-douglas. multiple linear regression was used in the study. the research showed that the factors of production inputs simultaneously significantly affected farmers profit (p<0.05). forage cost,concentrate feed cost,and capital partially affected on farmer profit (p<0.05). the average production cost was idr 1,661,827/year. the average profit was idr 2,399,453/month. the average revenue was idr 737.625/month with an average of lactation cattle scale ownership was 2.4 head/farmer. according to the result,dairy cattle's farming in semarang regency was profitable. © 2013 diponegoro university. all rights reserved.