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2120 final report.pdf - Agra CEAS Consulting

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APPENDIX 1: MEMBER STATE REPORTSstandardised. Organic egg production (according to European standards) is still of only marginalimportance.In the mid-1990s, there was a considerable increase in the number of and output from large-scaleproducers. Improvements in breeding (new breeds of laying hens) along with the widespread use ofimproved cage production systems resulted in substantial production cost savings and efficiencyimprovements, particularly a reduction of unit feed use per egg. Poland imports only a negligiblequantity of eggs and therefore, the domestic market (particularly in large agglomerations) hasbecome increasingly reliant on domestic large-scale suppliers.After taking into account the results of the 2002 census, estimates put the Polish laying hen stock in2003/2004 at 48 million, of which between 95% and 96% are held on large-scale farms. For thesemore ‘intensive’ farms the traditional cage system accounts for 81% of laying hens, with theremainder accounted for by deep litter (15%), free range and open-air production systems (4%).The largest producers in Poland hold up to 2 million laying hens each, as shown in Table A1.89.Furthermore, smaller farm holdings are increasingly forming producer groups in order to increasetheir combined competitiveness in the market and be able to meet the demand for regular fresh eggdeliveries from large retail chains. It is also common for producers to buy in eggs from nearbysmaller producers, before selling the eggs on. This is usually only the case for farms in the 10,000 to20,000 laying hen size class.Table A1.89: Number of laying hens held by large-scale egg producers 2003ProducerNumber of laying hens (million)Fermy Drobiu Wozniak 2.0DUBLET 2.0PA-MI-RA 1.0Henryk BORKOWSKI 1.0OVOTEC 0.5RAPEX 0.5Opolskie Zaklady Drobiarskie 0.4Andrzej Kurasek 0.4Zlota Kurka 0.4EKOFERMA 0.2Szewczyk&Blachnio 0.2Zbigniew RONKIEWICZ 0.2OZD Continental 0.2Jerzy SWITALA 0.2AGROFIRMA 0.15Note: Figures are estimatesSource: Industry data258

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