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The objective was to investigate the existing relationships between production, sustainability and generational succession of dairy farms in Minas Gerais. Structural Equation Modeling was used to test nine hypotheses identified in the literature on the subject. Socially and economically sustainable properties can contribute to increasing family succession. In addition, properties that produce more milk may have greater possibilities of contributing to young people remaining in the dairy activity. The generational succession was directly influenced by economic and social sustainability and, indirectly, by the scale of production. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Dairy farming is an important sector of national agriculture, being present in all regions of Brazil. In order to have high efficiency, it is essential that there is quality in its production process. The workforce is one of the main elements that can contribute for dairy properties to become more efficient. In fact, research that investigates which elements linked to workforce influence the efficiency of their use can contribute for producers to be able to improve the quality of work in the dairy industry. Therefore, the objective was to analyze which characteristics contribute to the efficiency of the workforce of dairy farms in Minas Gerais, as well as which factors help to distinguish these properties. For this purpose, factor analysis was used to identify the main factors responsible for influencing the quality of the workforce on dairy farms at different levels of efficiency (low, medium and high). The results indicated the existence of five factors: family work, hiring, legalization, incentive and motivation. Legalization and motivation have been shown to be important in dairy farms regardless of their efficiency regarding the use of this resource. The other factors, however, were decisive to differentiate properties that have low and high efficiency. It is concluded that dairy properties should be concerned, mainly, with issues such as contracting, scale of production and incentives for them to be able to have high efficiencies in the use of labor. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Aimed to apply the Balanced Scorecard (BSC) in a dairy farm with small-scale production, located in the south of Minas Gerais State, Brazil. The survey was conducted from January to December 2013 and the gathering of information was carried out through semi-structured interviews on the spot. As data collection instruments were used personal interviews, document analysis and direct and participant observation. The farm object of study had 216 ha, 80% of this, leased. The activities were dairy farming, corresponding to 80% of revenues, and the cultivation of coffee. The breeding farm was 22 predominantly Holstein cows (¾H) that are loose in the pasture. The daily production was 350 liters average of 15.9 liters of milk per cow in milk, in two daily milkings. The main strength was the low cost of hand labor; while the weaknesses identified were the infrastructure, the lack of management control and planning. The mission created takes into account the increased efficiency in milk production and increase the quality of this product without increasing the herd. At the end, a strategic map, where it was revealed that the objectives growth and efficiency will be achieved taking into account the increase in revenue was proposed. It was found at the end of the study, that the principles of BSC can be applied to a farm producing small milk with some caveats. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]