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2120 final report.pdf - Agra CEAS Consulting

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APPENDIX 1: MEMBER STATE REPORTSThis practice is no longer possible following the introduction of production system labelling on eggswhich should match the labelling on the pack.600,000500,000Difference in eggs delivered and sold (in '000 eggs)400,000300,000200,000100,00001990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002Free Range Deep litter/perchery All alternative systemsFigure A1.86: Difference between eggs delivered and sold by alternative system 1990-2002Source: DG Agri.It should be noted that the end of ‘cascading’, i.e. the end of the ability to move eggs from higherprice alternative systems into the retail chain as conventional caged output, as a result of the changedmarketing requirements may well have an adverse impact on the returns producers in suchalternative systems can obtain.A1.15.2.4. Technical dataTechnical data have been calculated from a range of industry estimates and are presented in TableA1.127. There are a number of points that need elaboration:Contributors are producing at different scales and degrees of automation (with an obviousimpact on the number of hens that can be managed per labourer) and with different objectives.For example, one producer operates a very long laying cycle and uses the outgrade eggsproduced towards the end of the period for processing. This producer therefore provides an320

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