Page 13 of articles about costs
France: the production of pork remains stable since the beginning of 2014
InterPIG 2013: clear leadership position of the Spanish pig sector
Use of mayonnaise and nuts meal as by-products in liquid feed for growing-finishing pigs
China: all eyes on pig exchange rate
Energy costs savings during split suckling
This system does not provide an improvement in the production data, but a saving in energy costs and a better use of the resources in general.
Feed Conversion Ratio: the new economics
The next time you hear someone over lunch tell you the value of a tenth improvement in FCR, unless they are drawing a distribution on your napkin, tell them you don’t run an average pig business so you are not interested in their average values.
Review of the use of enzymes in pig nutrition. Implementation and profitability depending on the diets
At a moment in which the prices of the raw materials, although they are giving us a break, are still very high, it is essential to take some time to think about the use of enzymes in swine.
FAO Food Price Index sees sharpest rise in months
New step against the volatility of the prices in the agricultural markets
The path to profitability – assessing when the benefit of animal health interventions justifies the cost in wean-to-market
What further increases profitability in pig production is not minimizing costs, but maximizing revenue.
Rabobank: pork price outlook for the remainder of Q1 and into Q2 2014 is steady
Any takers for $100 weaned pigs?
Time will tell if PEDV is the cause but weaned pig and feeder pig prices began to turn up in June, a couple of months ahead of their traditional seasonal bottoming with the turn toward seasonal highs which peak usually in February or March.
A celebration of the business goal of pork production: maximization of profits
When you earn a profit, you have created more tangible value than the cost of the scarce global resources used to create your final product.
FAO expects more balanced food markets, less price volatility
How to budget feed costs in the presence of high price variation?
This is done by moving from single most likely value to ranges of possible outcomes with an assigned probability