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2120 final report.pdf - Agra CEAS Consulting

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APPENDIX 1: MEMBER STATE REPORTSTable A1.76: Research resultsTraditionalcage(450 cm²)Traditional cage(550 cm²)Scenario1Scenario2Enriched cage(750 cm²)Scenario1Scenario2Barn(Perchery)(1,110 cm²)Scenario1Scenario2Barn(DeepLitter)(1,110cm²)Second grade eggs Base +2% Equal +5% -2% +2% Equal EqualEgg production Base -5 Equal -15 Equal -10 Equal -6Feed conversion ratio 1 Base +0.20 +0.05 +0.20 +0.05 +0.20 +0.05 +0.15Mortality Base +2% Equal +5% +2% +5% +2% +0.5%Production costs(euro/kg eggs) 0.75 0.82 0.79 0.89 0.86 0.92 0.88 0.96Note:1 Feed conversion ration +0.10 or more: feeding price 0.45 euro/100 kg cheaper.Source: Animal Sciences Group, Applied Research Division, posterpresentation Effects of welfare aspects to cost price for table eggs,Bremen, Germany, 2002.The results show that in comparison to traditional cages (450 cm², beak trimmed hens): Production costs in traditional cages with 550 cm² and no beak trimmed hens increased by 4-8%. In enriched cages the costs increased by 12-17%. In Barn (Perchery) the costs increased by 16-21%. In Barn (Deep Litter) the costs increased by 27%.In conclusion the <strong>report</strong> states that the increase in production costs for higher animal welfare liessomewhere between 4 and 21 Euro cents (equivalent to 4% and 27% of total production costs),depending on the system used and the scenario. The higher space allowance leads to higher housingcosts of 3-8 Euro cents/kg, higher feeding costs of 1-5 Euro cents/kg and higher labour costs of 0-5Euro cents/kg. Ending beak trimming is, according to this <strong>report</strong>, likely to lead to higher feedingcosts of 1-3 Euro cents/kg.The Agricultural Economics Research Institute (LEI) has also published calculations relating to theincreasing cost of egg production as a result of animal welfare improvements. They state that thecost price (including labour) of eggs from caged hens (450 cm²) in the Netherlands was 71 Euro centsper kg, or 52.8 Euro cents per dozen eggs. The authors estimate that the cost of egg production willincrease by 8% (5.6 Euro cent per kg egg) between 2000 and 2005 as a result of the increase in spaceallowance per hen, a ban on beak trimming, salmonella controls, the ban on the use of meat andbone meal, reduction of ammonia emissions and the introduction of an energy tax on electricity.The difference in cost resulting from the increase in space allowance alone is estimated to be 4%.246

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