Investment project: modernization of the dairy farm of the Faculty of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences in Ciudad Delicias, Chihuahua

Abstract

The present research was made in the Facultad de Ciencias Agrícolas y Forestales, UACH during the period 2011-2013. The general objective of the research was to contribute the modernization of the cowshed of FCA y F in order to make it more productive. The results of the study showed that the production area does not count with individual records which could allow taking control of costs and expenses in the area of nutrition. There are no adequate diets for each different animal (yearlings, calves and cattle in production). In relation to the infrastructure, the equipment does not count with the required maintenance and therefore it is obsolete. The cowshed has some favorable aspects such as basic subsistent labor services (water, electricity, etc.) and the forage which is given to cows are products of the same school. With the information obtained a Project to increase herd was designed to have fifty milking cows and a Project of inversion was also formulated achieving the objectives. The intention of the Project is for the motivation of the present administration has to modernize and therefore achieving the objective planned. Once the analyzed of cost and incomes are completed calculating the fluency of cash the projects shows a result of a TIR of 42% and a VAN of $1,328,888 which financially indicates that the Project is viable. An analysis of sensibility of state of costs of a 10% and a down in prices, having as a result a TIR of 24% and a VAN of $416,689.09 which shows the financial robust of the Project.