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Available online at http://www.journalijdr.com ISSN: 2230-9926 International Journal of Development Research Vol. 09, Issue, 12, pp. 32723-32727, December, 2019 RESEARCH ARTICLE OPEN ACCESS SOURCES OF GROWTH IN CATTLE MILK PRODUCTION IN THE ACRE STATE, BRAZILIAN AMAZON 1*Andréia Santana Bezerra, 2Marcos Antônio Souza dos Santos, 3Antônio Cordeiro de Santana, 4Fabrício Khoury Rebello 5Cyntia Meireles Martins and 6José de Brito Lourenço Júnior 1Animal Scientist, Master in Animal Health and Production, Federal Rural University of Amazon, Pará, Brazil 2Agronomist, PhD in Animal Science, Federal Rural University of Amazon, Pará, Brazil 3Agronomist, PhD in Agricultural Economics, Federal Rural University of Amazon, Pará, Brazil 4Economist, PhD in Agrarian Sciences, Federal Rural University of Amazon, Pará, Brazil 5Agronomist, PhD in Agrarian Sciences, Federal Rural University of Amazon, Pará, Brazil 6Agronomist, PhD in Environmental Biology, Federal University of Pará, Pará, Brazil ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT Article History: The article evaluates the behavior of beef milk production and prices in the Acre state, Brazilian Article History: ReceivedReceived 09xxxxxx,th September 2019 , 2019 Amazon. Production growth rates, cow herd, animal productivity, prices and milk production ReceivedReceived inin revisedrevised formform value were calculated to identify their behavior patterns from 1990 to 2016. Acre state is the 26xxxxxxxx,th October 201, 20199 fourth largest bovine milk producer from northern region of Brazil and between 1990 and 2016 AcceptedAccepted 14xxxxxxxxxth November, 20,19 2019 production grew 3.60% per year. The biggest influence is due to herd expansion, as the herd of PublishedPublished onlineonline 31xxxxxth December, 2019 , 2019 milked cows grew 2.92% per year, compared to a 0.66% per year rate of animal productivity.
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