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2120 final report.pdf - Agra CEAS Consulting

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APPENDIX 1: MEMBER STATE REPORTSTable A1.73: Performance comparison of egg production systems in use in theNetherlands (2003)Traditional cages Barn Free range OrganicLaying cycle (days) 400 385 375 350Empty period (days) 16 21 21 21Feed/bird/year (Kg) 38.52 41.89 43.04 45.45Feed/bird/day (g) 110 121 125 132Eggs/bird/year (collected) 293 284 279 260Kg feed per kg eggs 2.10 2.36 2.47 2.80Mortality (%) 7% 9% 11% 12%Number of hens managed/labourer 50,000 25,000 25,000 10,000Hens housed per m 2 house 109 7 7 7Space allowance per hen per cm 2 550 1,429 1,429 1,429Pullet cost 3.43 3.76 3.91 5.96End of lay hen weight (Kg) 1.70 1.80 1.80 1.70End of lay hen price (€/bird) 0.31 0.36 0.36 0.58Notes:1. Some data have been converted from laying cycle to year to correct for the differing lengths of laying cycle by system.2. Pullet cost is the cost of a 17 week old bird plus the cost of feed for the approximately 3 week acclimatisation periodto point of lay.3. Number of hens managed per labourer in the organic system assume that egg packing is not automated.Source: ASG-publication: KWIN-V 2003-2004 and <strong>Agra</strong> <strong>CEAS</strong> <strong>Consulting</strong> calculations.A1.10.2.4. Production costsVariable and fixed costs are presented in Table A1.74 and Table A1.75 respectively. As withtechnical factors in Section A1.10.2.3, the caged system is a weighted average of white and brownhen data. The caged system has the lowest production cost with barn and free range systems beingfairly similar, although higher in the latter case. As might be expected, the highest costs are incurredin the organic system.The same pattern is in evidence for fixed costs, although data for the organic system are notavailable. All individual cost elements are higher in the alternative systems.Table A1.74: Variable (running) costs of production (per kg eggs) in Euro cents 2003Traditional cages Barn Free range OrganicFeed cost 41.53 46.84 48.93 95.52Medication/vet 0.57 1.01 1.59 0.95MiscellaneousBird depreciation 16.45 19.02 20.63 36.15Total variable costs 58.55 66.87 71.15 132.62Source: ASG-publication: KWIN-V 2003-2004 and <strong>Agra</strong> <strong>CEAS</strong> <strong>Consulting</strong> calculations.244

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