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2120 final report.pdf - Agra CEAS Consulting

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THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS OF THE VARIOUS SYSTEMS TO KEEP LAYING HENS80.0070.00Weighted average fixed costs per kg eggs (Euro cents)60.0050.0040.0030.0020.0010.00-Traditional cage Barn Free range Organic All systemsLabour Buildings Equipment OtherFigure 2.31: Weighted average fixed costs per kg eggs for all Member States and allsystems (2003)Figure 2.32 brings together the variable and fixed costs from above and shows that the pattern ofincreasing costs from the traditional cage system through barn, free range and organic systemsevident in the comparisons above is maintained with total costs in the barn system 26% higher thanin the traditional cage, free range total costs 45% higher than traditional cage and total costs in theorganic system more than twice as high as in the traditional cage.45

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