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Fig 3. Growth rates of milk production milk price and feed priceAverage annual growth ratesRESEARCH ARTICLEstudy by considering all the variables affecting milk production will help in Government policies and subsidyprogramme later.Analising the growth rates it could be observed that there occurred a sharp increase in feed price during1992-93, 1997-98 and during 2009-10. Due to this the growth rate in milk production declined well in 2009-10due to unavailability of sufficient straw due to less paddy cultivation and less grass production as summer washighly hot during that period. In this circumstances the annual growth rate of milk price was also didn't increased.These things make the farmer to move away from this sector.50.0040.00Growth Rate (%) Annual_Milk ProductionGrowth rate (% )Annual_Milk PriceGrowth rate (%) Annual_ Cattle Feed PriceGrowthrate30.0020.0010.000.00-10.001991-921992-931993-941994-951995-961996-971997-981998-991999-002000-012001-022002-032003-042004-052005-062006-072007-082008-092009-10-20.00YearAlso during the last few years the wage of labourer is increasing exponentially. The highly significantcorrelation between milk price and wage of paddy field labourer gives the linear regression,Milk Price (in Rs/Ltr) = 0.05* Wage of Men Labourer + 5.613.Since the model explains 95.2 percent variation in milk price with wage of men as explanatory variable, thewage of labourer is a main factor in determining the milk price.Table 5. Anova Table for regression between wage of labour and milk priceJ. Ind. Vet. Assoc., Kerala. 10 (1)Table 6. Table of regression coefficients between wage of labour and milk price20