| Economic indicators | Semi-Confined | Free-Stall | Compost Barn |
Total Gross Product (GP) (R$) | 373,699.35 | 334,583.56 | 594,906.79 |
GP/Cow (R$) | 8623.83 | 9293.99 | 9970.50 |
| GP/Area (R$/ha) | 20,019.61 | 22,556.20 | 28,105.83 |
GP/Man Work Unit (MWU) (R$) | 159,021.00 | 182,500.13 | 264,403.02 |
| Total Cost* (R$) | 233,118.46 | 265,899.81 | 421,724.00 |
| Costs/Cow (R$) | 5552.01 | 7694.92 | 7578.87 |
| Costs/Area (R$/ha) | 12,888.60 | 18,675.30 | 21,364.07 |
| Cost/MWU (R$) | 102,377.54 | 151,100.15 | 200,980.49 |
| Total AgriculturalIncome (AI) (R$) | 133,112.13 | 57,566.62 | 142,700.70 |
| AI/Cow (R$) | 3071.82 | 1599.07 | 2391.63 |
| AI/Area (R$/ha) | 7131.01 | 3880.90 | 6741.77 |
| AI/MWU (R$) | 56,643.46 | 31,399.97 | 63,422.53 |
| Total Capital Fixed Invested**(R$) | 1,880,653.6 | 1,740,435.10 | 2,600,684.00 |
| Capital Fixed Invested/Cow (R$) | 43,399.68 | 48,345.42 | 43,586.88 |
| Capital Fixed Invested/Area (R$/ha) | 100,749.2 | 117,332.7 | 122,867.00 |
| Capital Fixed Invested/MWU (R$) | 800,277.70 | 949,328.2 | 1,155,860.00 |
| Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) | 7% per year | 3.6% per year | 5.4% per year |
| Payback | 14.28 years | 52.42 years | 18.6 years |