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J. Anim Sci. 1980. 51:804-810.
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Alternative Market Weights for Swine: Production Economics

R. W. Jolly1,2,, A. P. Sather, R. D. Patterson1, B. H. Sonntag1, A. H. Martin and H. T. Freeden

Agriculture Canada, Research Station, Lacombe, Alberta TOC ISO

Abstract

An economic analysis of market weight determination for swine was performed with a whole-farm computer simulation model. The effect of market weight for barrows and gilts, pig prices, grain prices and farm type on after tax net farm income was examined. For the price levels and farm types considered, optimal market weights ranged from 100 to 110 kilograms. Net farm income was relatively insensitive to deviations from the optimum within this weight range. Optimal market weights for barrows were slightly heavier than those for gilts. However, marketing at equal weights resulted in negligible income penalties.

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1 Policy, Planning and Economics Branch.

2 Present address; Econ. Dept., Iowa State Univ., Ames 50011.






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