젖소목장의 자동착유시스템 도입 확대 방안 연구

A Study on Improvement Plan of Automatic Milking Systems in Dairy Farm

Only 1.5% of dairy farms in Korea is using AMS due to high cost and the limited information about the AMS. In this study, we surveyed an awar-eness and adoption attitude of the AMS. All data were collected from eighty dairy farms there they are using conventional milking systems (CMS). Nearly half of dairy farmers (49 farms) already knows about AMS and almost 20% of CMS farms answered to be heard the AMS. The main reason to adopt AMS was for reducing workforce on dairy farm. However, most of dairy farms have the budget problems to buy AMS. In conclusion, if the Korean government support some budget for AMS adaptation or development of inexpensive AMS, the rate of AMS dairy farm will increase up to 20% like EU country.