Cost of Production Guidelines
By thePigSite.com - We get asked many times 'How do I calculate my Cost of Production?'. This is a simple question that does not necessarily have a simple answer. There is no global standard procedure for calculating cost of production, however, there are a number of local variants.
To this end we have pulled together a number of links to pages that provide information on Cost of Production.
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Canada
Manitoba Agriculture and Food - files dated September 2000- Estimating Swine Farrow-Finish Costs (300 Sows) Download Excel Software
- Estimating Swine Farrow-Wean to 5 kg (3000 sows) Download Excel Software
- Estimating Swine Farrow-Wean Costs to 5 kg (600 Sows) Download Excel Software
- Estimating Weaner Pig (Nursery) Costs 5-23 kg (32,592 pigs) Download Excel Software
- Estimating Swine (23 to 113 kg) Finishing Costs Download Excel Software
- Estimating Swine Hoop Shelter Finishing Costs Download Excel Software
United Kingdom
Meat and Livestock Commission- Defining the Cost of Pigmeat Production - Explanitory note (pdf file)
- Figuring our pig production costs Download Excel Software
United States
Various authors- Financial Characteristics of Illinois Hog Farms (pdf file)
- Costs of Farrow-to-Finish Hog Production in Illinois
- Costs of Farrow-to-Finish Hog Production (Illinois 1994 - 1999) (pdf file)
- Cost of Production (Iowa, 1999) (pdf file)
- Cost of Production (Iowa 1997) (pdf file)
- Farrow to Finish Enterprise Analysis and Budget Program (ISU - Software to buy)
- A Tool for the Estimation of Genetic Cost of Production in Swine (1995)
- Three Ways to Figure the Cost of Production (Illinois Porknet - 2000)
- The Economics and Profit Potential of Hog Production (Illinois Porknet - 1996)
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