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Prairie Swine Centre is grateful for the assistance of the George Morris Centre in developing the economics portion of Pork Insight.
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Total System Profitability
Posted in: Economics, Pork Insight Articles, Production by admin on June 6, 2017
As our industry moves forward, there will be less emphasis on productivity and performance indicators and more emphasis on financial indicators, this presentation outlines the key production factors that affect profitability.
- Farrow to Finish
‐ W‐F Mortality
‐ FVP
• % Market Culls
‐ Pre‐Wean Mortality
‐ Finishing Cost
• System mortality
• Feed $/MT
• Market weight & age
‐ Weaned pig cost &
production
- Farrow to Wean
‐ Cost per pig (lb or kg)
• Facility cost
• Labour
‐ Productivity is important
• >12 born alive
‐ Pre‐Wean Mortality
• Huge variation
‐ Litters/Sow/Year
• NPD
Total System Profitability – Greg Simpson, Hypor