"farming cost" is a phrase that can be used in written English.
You can use it to refer to the cost of running a farm, such as expenses related to operating equipment, purchasing animals and feed, or labor costs. For example: "The farming cost of keeping cows rose by 4% this year."
Organic dairy farming costs more than conventional farming for many reasons.
But as farming costs have risen over the last year, the prices paid to dairy producers have been held down.
In consequence, more is known about the technology of agriculture, the nature of farming costs, and the demand for agricultural goods than is known about any other industry.
"We are completely against anything that raises our costs any more," said Andrés del Campo, president of the National Federation of Irrigator Communities, noting that farming costs had already risen 30 percent as a result of increased power prices.
Running the numbers, he said, "we realized that just to break even with our farming costs we would need to sell the wine on the wholesale market for about $20 if it were white, $25 if it were red, just to cover the costs of production".
The rearing of males can, thus, represent up to 30% of total farming costs [ 11].
However, these procedures reduce overall profit at the farm scale because labor and farming costs increase and the price of small-sized fish is lower.
Another perspective would suggest that water-demanding plantations could exacerbate groundwater shortages, which may add a burden on local farmers, who see farming costs increase and productivity decline.
These developmental abnormalities severely affect sea bass production as deformed juveniles show reduced fitness and/or marketability, requiring time-consuming and personnel-intensive manual selection to discard abnormal fish, with relevant consequences on farming costs, but also on animal welfare.
