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Broiler farming and production is problably more risky than others. Most broiler farmers express their risk aversion by pursue contract farming system. This study investigates production risk and behavior toward production risk of broiler farming in Banyumas. The aims of this research were to know risk production and the socio economics factor that affect the behavior of farmers towards the risk production of broiler farming. The survey was conducted on 40 broiler farmers in Banyumas through a simple random sampling method. Coefficient of variation and multiple linear regression analisis has been selected to analyse the risk production and factors affecting farmers behavior. The result showed that feed and labour are important determinant of broiler production in Banyumas (P<0,1). The regression result showed that behavior of farmers towards risk was affected by number of birds, level of education, and farming experience