The majority of beef cattle farming businesses in Indonesia are run using profit-sharing partnership system known as gaduhan. Therefore, this research aimed to determine the relationship between farmer attitude and performance, and the effect of motivation on performance in implementing bull and cow farming business partnership systems. A quantitative descriptive and correlative method was used, and the research was conducted in East Java Province, Indonesia. Data were collected by conducting interviews, filling out questionnaires, and performing observations. Subsequently, data were analyzed using the Fishbein, correlation, and simple linear regression analysis methods. The results showed that farmer attitude towards bull and cow farming business partnership systems had a positive score with total attribute scores of 15.01 and 16.81, falling in the good category. Motivation had percentages of fulfilling living needs at 85.67% and 85.53%, in the very strong category. The variable of establishing good relationships with capital owners had percentages of 61.46% and 63.4%, in the strong category. Meanwhile, the variable of achieving increased income had values of 53% and 44.5%, in the quite strong category. Based on the results, attitude, and farmer motivation had a positive relationship with performance in beef cattle farming partnership system. This condition implied that farmer performance was directly proportional to attitude and motivation.
Keywords | Partnership system, Profit sharing, Attitude, Motivation, Performance, Livestock farming business