In the farm systems modeling, the possibility of combining the pastures freely for the composition of the feeding system hinders the probabilistic evaluation of the dairy production. In this work an optimization model with a non-probabilistic approach of the uncertainty is proposed that permits to handle this problem. The application of the model for the analysis of a unit of agricultural production indicated that a decrease of the cultures of commercial grains with the constitution of pastures reserve could be an interesting strategy to minimize the economic losses if the physical revenue of the forage diminishes. Besides, because the non-statistical uncertainty modeling and the formulation of scenarios that represent technical and economic conditions that could be discussed easily with the farmer, the approach used in this work can be an useful procedure in the planning of farm systems under uncertainty.
uncertainty modeling; farm systems; dairy production; mathematical programming
