Controlling as a management system of milk production and consumption in Slovakia and the Czech Republic

As milk and milk production have their irreplaceable role in securing the state self – sufficiency in basic food, it is necessary to pay attention to not only to production, but also to consumption of these products. The milk production is important for the society as a whole, both in terms of economy of state and the employment of rural population. It is a traditional economic sector, that due to its very favourable conditions promises a very viable future. The primary aim of this article was to point to the development dependencies in production and consumption of cow ́s milk with the emphasis on reasons of decline in dairy cows. Furthermore we focused on considering the economy of milk production, where we assessed the own costs to exercise price per one liter of cow ́s milk, calculation of profitability of production of milk without benefits. We performed the research both within the conditions of the Slovak Republic and the Czech Republic.