Table 5.
Financial assessment of the control and interventions, plus financial impacts of interventions on production cost/kg live weight.
| Enrichments | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| € cents/kg | € cents/kg | € cents/kg | € cents/kg | € cents/kg | € cents/kg | € cents/kg | € cents/kg | € cents/kg | |
| Revenue—Live bird | 97.42 | 97.71 | 97.69 | 97.88 | 97.49 | 98.30 | 98.30 | 97.84 | 97.88 |
| Variable costs | |||||||||
| Chicks | 14.29 | 14.26 | 14.63 | 14.35 | 14.40 | 14.05 | 14.20 | 14.13 | 14.29 |
| Feed | 45.98 | 45.94 | 45.67 | 46.64 | 46.01 | 45.62 | 45.47 | 44.84 | 46.23 |
| Other variable costs | 7.55 | 7.54 | 7.74 | 7.58 | 7.61 | 7.43 | 7.51 | 7.47 | 7.55 |
| Direct intervention costs | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.49 | 0.11 | 0.30 | 0.43 | 0.42 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Fixed costs | |||||||||
| Labour | 3.46 | 3.45 | 3.54 | 3.47 | 3.59 | 3.87 | 3.91 | 4.02 | 3.46 |
| Housing | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.13 | 5.03 | 5.20 | 5.60 | 5.66 | 5.82 | 5.01 |
| General overheads | 0.82 | 0.82 | 0.84 | 0.82 | 0.85 | 0.92 | 0.93 | 0.95 | 0.82 |
| Net margin (€ cents / kg) | 20.32 | 20.71 | 19.65 | 19.87 | 19.51 | 20.38 | 20.21 | 20.60 | 20.53 |
| Change in net margin from control (%) | −1.04 | 0.86 | −4.29 | −3.20 | −4.97 | −0.71 | −1.57 | 0.34 | |
Enrichments: A—7 m distance between feed and water; B—3.5 m distance between feed and water; C—maize roughage; D—vertical panels; E—straw bales; F—30 cm elevated platform; G—5 cm elevated platform; H—max. stocking density reduced from 40 kg/m2 to 34 kg/m2; I—control.