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Perry, C. 1991. Manpower management on large broiler farm. Poultry Digest July Issue,<br />

pp 20-26. Watt Publishing, Cullman, AL.<br />

USDA. 1994. Aquaculture situation and outlook report. AQS-12, March. Economic<br />

Research Service, Commodity Economics Division, USDA.<br />

USDA. 1996a. Economic Research Service: Poultry Economic Outlook, LDP-P-10.<br />

USDA. 1996b. Economic Research Service: Poultry Yearbook, Statistic Bulletin 927.<br />

USDA. 1996c. Economic Research Service: Poultry Production and Summary, POU 3-1.<br />

Watt Publishing. 1951. Broiler growing statistics. Broiler Grower Magazine. Watt<br />

Publishing, Cullman, AL.<br />

Table 1.<br />

Comparison of tilapia, catfish and broiler production costs for farms with a yearly fish<br />

production of approximately 590,000 kg; costs shown on a per unit weight of production<br />

and percentage of total cost by category.<br />

$ costs per kg produced % of Total Cost<br />

tilapia catfish broiler tilapia catfish broiler<br />

Ownership costs ($/kg)<br />

Depreciation 0.14 0.11 contract 8.6 7.1 --<br />

Interest on investment 0.07 0.10 contract 4.3 6.4 --<br />

Catastrophic fish insurance (3%) 0.07 -- contract 4.3 -- --<br />

Liability insurance + land taxes 0.01 0.01 contract 0.6 0.6 --<br />

Subtotal 0.29 0.22 0.05 17.9% 14.1% 7.7%<br />

Costs of goods services ($/kg)<br />

Feed 0.55 0.81 0.39 34.0 51.9 60.0<br />

Fingerlings (chicks) 0.10 0.14 0.09 6.2 9.0 13.9<br />

Oxygen 0.14 -- -- 8.6 -- -<br />

Subtotal 0.79 0.95 0.48 48.8% 60.9% 73.9%<br />

Operating expenses ($/kg)<br />

Chemicals -- 0.05 0.06 -- 3.2 9.2<br />

Repairs & maintenance 0.07 0.04 -- 4.3 2.6 --<br />

Heating water 0.02 -- -- 1.2 -- --<br />

Heating air 0.03 -- -- 1.9 -- --<br />

Electric 0.16 -- -- 9.9 -- --<br />

O<strong>the</strong>r utilities -- 0.08 0.02 -- 5.1 3.1<br />

Management labor + fringe 0.19 0.17 0.04 11.7 10.9 6.2<br />

Misc. 0.01 -- -- 0.6 -- -<br />

Interest on operating capital 0.06 0.05 -- 3.7 3.2 --<br />

Subtotal 0.54 0.39 0.12 33.3% 25.0% 18.5%<br />

Total cost of production ($/kg) 1.62 1.56 0.65 100% 100% 100%<br />

Note: Broiler costs are broken down for comparison based upon contract grower payments and allocation<br />

of costs between grower and integrator.<br />

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