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2120 final report.pdf - Agra CEAS Consulting

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APPENDIX 1: MEMBER STATE REPORTSTable A1.75: Capital (fixed) costs (per kg eggs) in Euro cents 2003Traditional cages Barn Free rangeLabour 4.41 9.29 9.69Buildings 4.14 6.08 6.38Equipment 4.97 7.29 7.66Land 2.75Manure disposal 2.01 2.17 2.27Insurance 1.03 1.82 1.98Utilities 0.96 2.00 2.18Cleaning 1.71 5.47 5.95MiscellaneousTotal fixed costs 19.23 34.13 38.85Note:Miscellaneous includes electricity, water (including cleaning), litter material, externallabour for entry of pullets and catching of old hens, Poultry Board and compulsoryanimal health scheme levies and removal costs for dead animals.Source: ASG-publication: KWIN-V 2003-2004 and <strong>Agra</strong> <strong>CEAS</strong> <strong>Consulting</strong> calculations.Researchers from the Animal Sciences Group, Applied Research Division, presented (unpublished)results from their study Effects of welfare aspects to cost price for table eggs, at a conference inBremen, Germany, in 2002. Within this study the influence on production costs of the increase inminimum space allowance (from 450 cm² to 550 cm²) and the ban on beak trimming (entered intoforce on 1 September 2001) are compared to production costs for alternative systems.Methodology:Four housing systems are compared to the traditional cage 450 cm²: traditional cage 550 cm²,enriched cage 750 cm², Barn (Perchery) 1,110 cm² and Barn (Deep Litter) 1,110 cm².No beak trimming allowed in cages; in Barn (Perchery) must be before 10 days.Two scenarios were run for three of these systems: the first with considerable negative effectson technical results, and the second with hardly any negative effects.Production data for different systems are estimated, based on research at the Centre for AppliedPoultry Research ‘Het Spelderholt’.245

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