Post-harvest cost performance dry grain processing harvest – Milled dry grain rice farmer rice fields (case study in Kota Agung Tanggamus District)

Pekon Kelungu is located in Kotaagung District, which has an area of 105 Ha consisting of 2 hamlets and 4 RTs. The livelihood of most residents of Pekon Kelungu is as farmers with incomes ranging from Rp. 150,0000 to 300,000 / month. As one of the pekon rice production centers, farmers sell their crops in the form of harvested dry grain. Farmers prefer to sell in the form of GKP because farmers no longer have adequate labor resources due to changes in the household age cycle and do not want to experience product risks. Transparency of harvest and post-harvest costs is carried out so that farmers know the costs incurred as a consideration for farmers to make decisions in selling their crops The purpose of this study is to describe the performance of rice farming in Kota Agung District, Tanggamus Regency, analyze post-harvest costs of rice farming, Kota Agung District, Tanggamus Regency, Where this research was carried out in Pekon Kelungu, KecAmatan Kota Agung Tanggamus Regency. The selection of Pekon Kelungu in Kota Agung District, Tanggamus Regency was carried out purposively because Tanggamus Regency is one of the rice producing centers. The research method uses the survey method. The sampling technique in this study used the method of determining the number of samples according to Slovin’s opinion in Sugiarto (2003) obtained a total of 30 farmers in this study. Data analysis uses qualitative and quantitative data. Data analysis using descriptive methods and post-harvest cost analysis using Microsoft excel. Based on the results obtained, farmers will get higher profits if they sell grain in the form of dry milled grain with an income of Rp1,303,983/ha/MT by spending drying costs and drying tarpaulin costs worth Rp430,000/ha/MT.