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Custos e shut-down point da atividade leiteira em Minas Gerais

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  • Fassio, Levy Heleno
  • Reis, Ricardo Pereira
  • Yamaguchi, Luiz Carlos Takao
  • Reis, Antônio João dos

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This work was carried out with the objective of both evalua-ting costs and identifying the shut-down point in milk production in Mi-nas Gerais State. According to theories on both production and costs, the shut-down point is defined as the lowest price dairy farmers could afford supplying milk to market and still be able to cover their variable expen-ses. Data involving 574 commercial dairy farmers from all mesoregions in the state were analysed during the agricultural years 1995/6 – 2001/2. The economical profile analysis of the sector show that the cost of the product per unit was high. Economical results show both scale gain and an existing production level where the average variable cost is minimi-zed. Therefore the shut-down point of milk production in Minas Gerais was estimated to be R$ 0,42. At this estimated price 1.299,45 liters of milk per day can be supplied. In the case of lower prices production will not be able to continue.....Através deste estudo, buscou-se avaliar os custos e identificar o shut-down point da atividade leiteira no Estado de Minas Gerais. Conforme as teorias da produção e do custo, o shut-down point representa o menor preço do produto em que a empresa poderia continuar produzindo, sendo suficiente apenas para cobrir os custos variáveis. Para preços situados abaixo desse ponto, não haveria oferta de leite pela empresa. Analisaram-se informações referentes a 574 produtores comerciais de leite provenientes de todas as mesorregiões do estado, tendo o período de estudo compreendido os anos agrícolas de 1995/96 a 2001/02. A análise do perfil econômico do setor demonstrou que os produtores pesquisados incorreram em altos custos por unidade produzida, sugerindo baixa eficiência técnica da atividade leiteira e falhas na administração do empreendimento. Os resultados econométricos evidenciaram a ocorrência de ganhos de escala e o shut-down point da atividade leiteira em Minas Gerais foi estimado em R$ 0,42. Este valor representa o limite da resistência do pecuarista quanto ao declínio dos preços recebidos, ao qual o produtor estaria disposto a ofertar 1.299,45 litros de leite por dia, interrompendo a produção para preços menores.

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  • Fassio, Levy Heleno & Reis, Ricardo Pereira & Yamaguchi, Luiz Carlos Takao & Reis, Antônio João dos, 2005. "Custos e shut-down point da atividade leiteira em Minas Gerais," Brazilian Journal of Rural Economy and Sociology (Revista de Economia e Sociologia Rural-RESR), Sociedade Brasileira de Economia e Sociologia Rural, vol. 43(4), pages 1-19, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:ags:rdecag:156943
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.156943
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