RESEARCH ON EXPENDITURES AND PRODUCTIVITY OF CATTLE IN AGRICULTURAL ENTERPRISES OF UKRAINE

The article contains a detailed analysis of the dairy farming industry in Ukraine in 2005 and 2012. Differences in development dairy farming industry in the regions of Ukraine are defined. The influence of the expenditures for one cattle on the indicators of the sectoral development is analyzed. High degree of dependence between the cost per one cattle and its productivity is revealed. Attention is accented on a high dependency between the costs per cow and milk production, between the total cost and the selling price of one hundredweight of milk. The rapid rate of increasing cost of one quintal of milk in comparison with increasing the selling price in the analyzed period has a negative influence on the indicator of payback from sales revenue.