Silage Maize Production costs and net profit analysis: The Case of Tokat Province, Turkey

Production sialge, which is used intensively in the feed of animals and lactating cows in modern livestock producers, meets the aforementioned material supplements at a sufficient level. Protein silage devaid of mineral and life energy is due to high expectations from roughage, but also because of the benefit. Fort his roughage, which is so imortant for animal production, silage corn production and production costs are also important. This study was conducted to put forth the production cost of silage maize cultivation in Yesilyurt district of Tokat province. While the questionnaire data gathered from 64 agricultural enterprises operating in the central district of Yesilyurt constituted the primary material, data obtained from domestic and foreign sources and public institutions and organizations constituted the secondary material of the study. The survey data covers the production season of the year 2021. Present enterprises had an average land size of 98.34 decares and silage maize was cultivated in 17.62% of these lands. The cost of 1 kg of silage maize was calculated as 0.00005 USD and the net profit was calculated as 63.85 USD/da.