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2120 final report.pdf - Agra CEAS Consulting

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THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS OF THE VARIOUS SYSTEMS TO KEEP LAYING HENSfewer producers year on year. The move from 480cm 2 to 550cm 2 space requirements from January2003 resulted in a 10% contraction in the industry 63 . Directive 1999/74/EC is considered by theindustry to provide further pressure for consolidation over the years to 2012.Table A1.20 shows the number of farms and laying hens by size category in 1990 and 2000. FigureA1.15 presents the laying hen data graphically. The number of farms with hens fell from just under15,000 to just over 2,000 over the period whilst the number of laying hens fell from 4.8 million to 3.1million. The disparity between these two declines resulted in an increase in the average number oflaying hens per farm from 323 in 1990 to 1,476 in 2000. The Figure clearly shows the shift towardslarger flock sizes over this time period.Table A1.20: Evolution of laying flock structure 1990 to 2000Size groups Farms Laying hens Averagehens/farm1990 1 2000 2Farms Laying hens Averagehens/farm1-49 9,696 120,062 12 840 14,344 1750-99 1,018 67,893 67 152 10,400 68100-299 1,254 199,346 159 192 31,025 162300-499 510 188,274 369 54 21,307 395500-799 474 283,264 598 65 41,896 645800-999 551 508,028 922 47 43,128 9181,000-1,999 794 1,023,814 1,289 245 346,803 1,4162,000-2,999 423 1,009,983 2,388 205 506,317 2,4703,000-3,999 104 352,593 3,390 86 295,542 3,4374,000-4,999 82 352,817 4,303 65 291,435 4,4845,000-5,999 35 186,219 5,321 44 240,823 5,4736,000-7,999 23 151,608 6,592 39 273,530 7,0148,000-9,999 8 69,296 8,662 26 230,343 8,85910,000+ 16 331,650 20,728 47 763,134 16,237Total 14,988 4,844,847 323 2,107 3,110,027 1,476Source: Finnish agricultural census data.Notes:1 1990 data includes hens aged 24 weeks and over.2 2000 data includes hens aged 20 weeks and over.63 Finland had a minimum space requirement of 480cm 2 whilst the EU minimum was 450cm 2 .146

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