<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">The purpose of this paper was to assess the impact of reducing stocking density to the level recommended by Council Directive 2007/43/EC on broiler production profitability. The study was carried out using the example of three broiler-only farms located in southern Poland. The farms with production area of 950 m2, 3 400 m2 and 5 040 m2, had fully automated systems for feeding, watering and ventilation. In total, the research covered 54 production rounds in the years 2009–2011. research material included data concerning production costs and achieved production results, as well as income obtained in individual rounds. Net income from broiler production was calculated for three variants differing in stocking density: variant 1 – actual stocking density in farms in 2009 (47–45 kgm–2), variant 2 – stocking density of 42 kg m–2, variant 3 – stocking density of 33 kg m–2. the study results indicate that reducing stocking density increases total production costs, and decreases broiler production income. Production profitability depended primarily on the relation between prices of broiler livestock and feed. Reducing stocking density to the level recommended by the European commission (33 kg m–2) in 2009 would result in decrease of income from €2.40 to 0.77 per m–2, whereas in 2011 production carried out at this stocking density would result in losses. To maintain the current income level of farmers, it would require an increase of 5–6% in meat prices.</abstract>

The purpose of this paper was to assess the impact of reducing stocking density to the level recommended by Council Directive 2007/43/EC on broiler production profitability. The study was carried out using the example of three broiler-only farms located in southern Poland. The farms with production area of 950 m2, 3 400 m2 and 5 040 m2, had fully automated systems for feeding, watering and ventilation. In total, the research covered 54 production rounds in the years 2009–2011. research material included data concerning production costs and achieved production results, as well as income obtained in individual rounds. Net income from broiler production was calculated for three variants differing in stocking density: variant 1 – actual stocking density in farms in 2009 (47–45 kgm–2), variant 2 – stocking density of 42 kg m–2, variant 3 – stocking density of 33 kg m–2. the study results indicate that reducing stocking density increases total production costs, and decreases broiler production income. Production profitability depended primarily on the relation between prices of broiler livestock and feed. Reducing stocking density to the level recommended by the European commission (33 kg m–2) in 2009 would result in decrease of income from €2.40 to 0.77 per m–2, whereas in 2011 production carried out at this stocking density would result in losses. To maintain the current income level of farmers, it would require an increase of 5–6% in meat prices.

Economic Aspects of Reducing Stocking Density in Broiler Chicken Production using the Example of Farms in Southern Poland

Department of Management and Marketing in Agribusiness, University of Agriculture in Krakow, Al. Mickiewicza 21, 31-120 Kraków, Poland

Department of Technology, Ecology and Economics of Animal Production, National Research Institute of Animal Production, 32-083 Balice n. Kraków, Poland

Annals of Animal Science

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The purpose of this paper was to assess the impact of reducing stocking density to the level recommended by Council Directive 2007/43/EC on broiler production...

Economic Aspects of Reducing Stocking Density in Broiler Chicken Production using the Example of Farms in Southern Poland

Data publikacji: 29 lip 2014

Zakres stron: 663 - 671

Otrzymano: 07 lis 2013

Przyjęty: 21 lut 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aoas-2014-0029

Słowa kluczowe
broiler, stocking density, broiler production income

© 2014 Katarzyna Utnik-Banaś et. al.

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Economic Aspects of Reducing Stocking Density in Broiler Chicken Production using the Example of Farms in Southern Poland

Data publikacji: 29 lip 2014

Zakres stron: 663 - 671

Otrzymano: 07 lis 2013

Przyjęty: 21 lut 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aoas-2014-0029

Słowa kluczowebroiler, stocking density, broiler production income

© 2014 Katarzyna Utnik-Banaś et. al.

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Słowa kluczowe
broiler, stocking density, broiler production income