Bucharest, 16-17 May 2013

SOME GENERAL ASPECTS ON DAIRY CATTLE IN ROMANIA

H. GROSU, I.N.C.D.B.N.A.-BALOTESTI

ITEMS• AGRICULTURAL LAND;• AGRICULTURAL CONTRIBUTION ON GDP;• CONTRIBUTION OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY TO

AGRICULTURAL SECTOR;• EVOLUTION OF THE LIVESTOCK;• MILK PRODUCTION;• MILK CONSUMTION;• EVOLUTION OF THE FORAGE SUPPLY;• SOME CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE IBNA INSTITUTE

TO SUPPORT THE DAIRY SECTOR IN ROMANIA

Agricultural land, by destination

Contribution of agriculture, forestry and fishery to the GDP

Evolution

Livestock numbers1989-2012

EVOLUTION of the total livestock and of the origin livestock in

1989 – 2012(Source: INS, MADR 2013) – mil. animals

Origin livestock per county, %, in 2013 (Source, MADR 2013)

Evolution of cattle farm size, 2007 - 2012 (Source, MADR 2013)

EVOLUTION of the proportion of artificial insemination in 1992 – 2012

(Source: ANARZ, 2013)

EVOLUTIONof the cows in MILK RECORDING in 1995 – 2012

(Source: ANARZ, 2013)

Livestock production2001-2012

Average production per animal

EVOLUTIONof the average milk production – liters/cow, in 1989 – 2012

(Source: INS, MADR 2013)

MILK YIELD/COW IN SOME COUNTRIES(Source: EUROSTAT, 2011)

9616 95839118

8152 81317595 7570

7103 7011 6773

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Top 10 herds belonging to RGCA

No.

HERD

County

No.

cattle

Total lactation 305 D lactation (EM)

L Kg G Kg P Kg L Kg G Kg P Kg

1 HEJJA GERGELY I.I. Covasna 8 11032.2 446.4 368.5 8987.3 365.3 309.5

2 Ferma Badeana Vaslui 48 10572.8 441.0 384.2 9440.9 397.5 332.6

3 SC GHENIA FARM SRL Ialomita 247 9893.6 372.6 336.8 7890.3 297.6 285.0

4 TOP STAR 2000 SRL Covasna 23 9614.2 356.5 310.7 7899.4 293.6 264.1

5 FERMA TARZII Vaslui 94 9206.1 393.1 340.4 7640.5 327.2 290.9

6 AGRO-VET-SRL Covasna 19 9051.2 355.6 287.9 7484.7 295.7 239.9

7 MILK-PROD SRL Covasna 52 7789.6 309.8 256.5 7349.2 291.0 250.7

8 S.C. AGROINVEST SRL Iasi 29 7652.3 307.9 257.1 7023.9 284.0 239.3

9I.F. MUNTEANU

VIORICA Iasi 21 7578.1 307.0 257.1 6212.7 252.5 215.5

10S.C. Horticola

International Sevis Sibiu 105 7488.5 295.8 260.6 6386.2 252.6 236.8

EVOLUTIONof the total milk production – thousands hl, in 2001 – 2012

(Source, MADR 2013)

EVOLUTIONof the production of commercial milk – thousands hl, in 2001 – 2012

(Source, MADR 2013)

Forage supply1990-2012

Cultivated area

Alfalfa + clover – thousand hectares (Source: INS 2012)

Area cultivated with main crops – cereal grains, oleaginous and green forages, %

(Source: INS 2013)

Consumption of meat, milk and eggs in 2020

[kg.(nr.)/capita/year]

Specification MU 2010 (%) 2020 (%) 2020/2010 (%) EU

Cattle meat Kg 6.6 (11.4) 8.9 (12.40) 35

Sheep meat Kg 1.9 (3.2) 2.4 (3.34) 24

Pig meat Kg 29.9 (51.64) 34.3 (47.77) 15

Poultry meat Kg 19.5 (33.68) 26.2 (36.49) 34.1

Total meat Kg 57.9 (100.0) 71.8 (100.0) 24

Cow milk L 200 300 50

Eggs Pcs. 275 293 7

Consumption of meat, milk and eggsin 2020 (kg/capita/year)

To/ha2010

To/ha2020

Total production (thousand to)

For animal consumption(thousand to)

Area (thousand ha)

2010 2020 2010 2020 2010 2020

TOTAL CEREAL CROPS

16 149 24 987 5573.26 4777.0 6300.0

Corn 4.3 4.5 9060.7 15075 2787.95 2108.7 3350

Wheat + rye 2.7 3.5 5774.2 8400.0 1641.64 2150.5 2400

Barley + two-row barley

2.5 2.75 1314.1 1512.0 1143.67 517.8 550

Soya 2.4 2.5 149.9 1250 376.74 63.9 500

Sunflower 1.6 1.7 1267.4 1870 673.21 793.7 1100

Silages 30 20617.94

Fresh forages 7720.33

Hay 3312.36

FORAGE CROPS FOR ANIMAL PRODUCTION: PRESENT SITUATION AND PROSPECTS (2020; Source: MADR)

PROSPECTIVE REQUIREMENT OF CROP AREA FOR ANIMAL NUTRITION (2020) (thousand ha: IBNA data)

Forage Cattle Sheep and goats Total ruminants

Total poultry Pigs TOTAL

Corn 213,46 145,59 359,05 158,91 190,01 707,97Wheat + rye 149,66 127,75 277,41 117,15 131,69 526,25Barley 333,95 109,76 443,71 0 13,17 456,88

TOTAL CEREAL GRAIN CROPS 697,07 383,10 1080,17 276,06 334,87 1691,10

% OF THE TOTAL ARABLE AREA 33% 33% 33% 44% 56% 37%

Peas 168,56 209,41 377,97 73,22 0 451,19Soya beans 225,09 51,15 276,24 148,32 131,57 556,13Sunflower meal 345,23 243,34 588,57 120,89 133,06 842,52Rapeseed meal 0 0 0 5,76 0 5,76TOTAL PROTEIN

FORAGES 738,88 503,90 1.242,78 348,19 264,63 1.855,60

% OF THE TOTAL ARABLE AREA 35% 44% 38% 56% 44% 41%

Fresh forages 109.72 144.85 254.57 0 0 254.57Silage 346.64 51.52 398.16 0 0 398.16Hay 178.63 35.80 214.43 0 0 214.43Rooty plants 65.98 38.55 104.53 0 0 104.53

TOTAL BULK FEDS 700.97 270.72 971.69 0 0 971.69

% OF THE TOTAL ARABLE AREA 32% 23% 29% 0 0 22%

Grand total 2136.92 1157.72 3294.64 624.25 599.50 4518.39

Some Contributions of the IBNA Institute to Support Dairy Cattle Sector in Romania

I. Provide a wide range of products for all farm animals species (including dairy cows):

- BIOCONS – biological preservative preparation used at forage ensiling

- BOVILACT – biological additive used in cattle feeding- Protein-vitamin-mineral concentrates (CPVM) for cattle;- Catalogue with vitamin-mineral mixes (ZOOFORT) and premixes- Guidebook for assessing the nutritive value of feeds for ruminant- Guidebook with diet formulation for dairy cows

II. Performs the technologic transfer by marketing a wide

range of products for all farm animals species (including dairy cows) and categories developed by animal trials

Some Contributions of the IBNA Institute to Support Dairy Cattle Sector in Romania

III. Provides various services to farmers: - Chemical analysis of feed;- Chemical analysis of milk (for farmers included in Milk

Recorded Schemes);- Estimation of the Breeding Values for dairy cattle belonged to

the General Dairy Cattle Association from Romania

HISTORY OF GENETIC EVALUATIONMETHODS IN DAIRY CATTLE

(http://www.aps.uoguelph.ca/~lrs/GROSU/BOOK.html ; January 2013)

• Horia Grosu, Romania• Larry Schaeffer, Canada• Pascal Anton Oltenacu,

U.S.A.• Duane Norman, U.S.A.• Rex Powell, U.S.A.• Valentin Kremer, United

Kingdom

• Georgios Banos, Greece• Raphael Mrode, UK• Julio Carvalheira,

Portugal• Janusz Jamrozik,

Canada• Corneliu Draganescu,

Romania

HISTORY OF GENETIC EVALUATIONMETHODS IN DAIRY CATTLE

(http://www.aps.uoguelph.ca/~lrs/GROSU/BOOK.html ; January 2013)

• 1. Genetic Evaluations

I. YEARS 1920-1970

2. Daughter-Dam Comparisons3. Selection Index 4. Contemporary Comparisons5. USDA Modifed Contemporary

Comparisons 6. Cumulative Differences7. Regressed Least Squares

II YEARS 1971-20008. Linear Models 9. Sire Models 10. Animal Models .11. International Models (MACE-INTERBULL;

UPPSALA) 12. Multiple Traits 13. Test Day Models 14. Genetic Change15. Threshold Models 16. Survival Analysis

III YEARS 2001-present 17. Genomics Era