SOCIOECONOMIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL PROFILE OF DAIRY FARMS IN SOUTHERN
MESOREGION SANTA CATARINA
Dairy cattle; Quiz; Indicators; Milk production.
The objective of the present study was to characterize the socioeconomic and technological profile of the Southern mesoregion producers of the state of Santa Catarina. Following a sampling of 6,5% of total properties per municipality, 95% confidence level, 5% sample error and heterogeneity in the group, data were collected from 308 properties, of which 22 were excluded because they had insuficiente data. The producers were randomly selected and the information extracted through and eletronic form, covering social, economic, technical and tecnological issues. Data were analyzed by factorial, significant, discriminant and cluster analysis. The main activities of dairy cattle were dairy farming, with an average area of 20.79 hectares and na individual production of 12.18 liters per animal per day, in the factorial analysis, the first factor with sanitary control and the food variety of tha animals. The cluster the second factor with sanitary control and the food variety of the animals. The cluster analysis formed three clusters, the first and the second onde, composed by properties, the latter involving more producers. The properties are characterized by low production and there is clearly deficiency in the technical monitoring the producers.