Examining Costs of Production
Software modelling tool, AusPig, was used to model the effects of live weight and carcass weight on Cost of Production (COP), using the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and costs recently released for 2008/09 from the Pork CRC’s Benchmarking Project as the baseline for a production unit, writes Graeme Crook, Pork CRC AusPig Project Manager, in the latest Australian Pork CRC Specials newsletter.