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Bulletin No. 17 - Winter 2003
Miscelleanous- No Category
BADOUARD B
La productivité des truies est-elle un critère important? (Sow productivity: an important criterium?).
Porc Magazine 2003 avril: 62-64
The profit generated by a swine operation is determined by the difference between the sale price and the production cost per kilogram of carcass. By increasing the number of pigs produced per sow per year (productivity), a herd manager reduces the production costs. A recent survey carried out in 300 French herds shows that the mean production cost is 1.363€/kg (corresponding to a productivity of 19.6 piglets/sow/year and a basic cost of 0.401€/kg) while the mean sale price was 1.274€/kg. Only 25% of the herds included in this study has achieved a production cost inferior to the mean sale price. Achieving high technical performance is considered here as the only actual means for an already settled swine producer to reduce his production costs. An example of relationship between productivity and production costs is included: a herd with a productivity of 17.1 piglets/sow/year reaches a basic cost of 0.459€/kg while a herd with a productivity of 22.1 piglets/sow/year reaches a basic cost of 0.355€/kg with a clear impact on overall production costs.
