The merits of organic milk production: high economic and zootechnical performance – is this true?

This work analyzed the viability of organic milk with the conventional production system, zootechnically and economically, using benchmarking. The organic farm had better results. Property A had the best yields in terms of the number of lactating cows (53.60 animals), number of cows per hectare (2.14 animals/ha), production total daily milk (1220L/day) and milk production per area (48, L/ha/day), also ranked second in milk production per lactating cow (22.16 L/day). Has positive values both per liter of milk (R$ 0,20 L/day) and per year (R$ 89.060,00/year). But verifying the values of net margins, both -R$ 0,21 /L, -R$ 93.513,00/year and -R$10,47/hectare, there is a significant annual negative result. Cash flows from property A are negative -R$191.989,14 and -R$ 639,6/ha/month, but all properties shown were also negative. With the economic values of property A recalculated based on the real value of the products sold (R$ 8.75) it is clear that the net margins (R$ 8.54/L, R$ 3.480,582,00/year, R$ 139.223,28), return on invested capital (4%) and cash flow (R$ 246.492,89 and R$ 49.859,71/ha/month) are higher, bringing greater economic viability to the business. It can be concluded that the production of organic milk is sustainable technical animal husbrandy and economic point of view.