ANALYSIS OF PREFERENCES OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS WHEN DEVELOPING RECOMMENDATIONS TO SELECT BULLS IN DAIRY CATTLE BREEDING
In the dairy cattle breeding of Omsk region, there are low rates of the breeding process for lack of a single scientifically based approach to select producers for the breeding stock among the agricultural enterprises of the region. Therefore, to determine the main criteria for selecting male cows by real producers in dairy cattle breeding is relevant. The research tool was a questionnaire that was sent to the heads of agricultural enterprises and organizations. The questionnaire was answered by 9 respondents from 7 municipal districts of the region. A number of regularities and trends specific for this section of the livestock industry in the Russian agro-industrial complex are revealed. It was found that there is no single selection system of bulls among the respondents. 88.88 % of respondents are guided by scientifically based breeding programs and plans to select male cows, but 11.11 % do not have their own aims of breeding and trust the bull selection based on the recommendations of breeding material suppliers. For the majority of respondents, the most important breeding characteristics in dairy cattle breeding in Omsk region are «milk yield» - the rank sum is 11, in the second place «mass fraction of fat and protein» - 17, in third place such trait as «milk type level» - 28. For livestock enterprises in Omsk region, territorial availability of the breeding material supplier was important, so 66.67% of respondents answered «important», and only 33.33% are able to cooperate with suppliers from other regions of Russia and, including foreign companies. Thus, the results obtained indicate that there is no single system for the reproduction of dairy cattle among agricultural producers in Omsk region. Therefore, the development of recommendations to select bulls in the dairy cattle breeding will help to solve this problem.