Kierunki zmian i sytuacja ekonomiczna gospodarstw mlecznych w woj. Małopolskim

The paper presents changes in dairy cow population, in levels of milk production and its procurement. A considerable decrease in bovine population reaching 42.3% was registered in 1999-2006, milk production in the province decreased by 35.3% at simultaneous 14% increase in milk yield per cow is observed. Incomes from dairy farming (in 2004) revealed high diversification depending on the scale of cow herds owned by farms and fluctuated from c.a.1 thousand zlotys on farms with herd of 2-5 dairy cows to c.a. 28 thousand zlotys on farms keeping 10-20 cows.