EJPAU 2005. Szarek S. , Witak B. PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY OF TURKEY-HEN REARING DURING THE WITHDRAWAL FROM MIXTURES FEEDS OF ANIMAL ORIGIN

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2005
Volume 8
Issue 3

Topic:

Economics

ELECTRONIC
JOURNAL OF
POLISH
AGRICULTURAL
UNIVERSITIES

Szarek S. , Witak B. 2005. PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY OF TURKEY-HEN REARING DURING THE WITHDRAWAL FROM MIXTURES FEEDS OF ANIMAL ORIGIN, EJPAU 8(3), #14.
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PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY OF TURKEY-HEN REARING DURING THE WITHDRAWAL FROM MIXTURES FEEDS OF ANIMAL ORIGIN

Stanisław Szarek¹, Barbara Witak²
¹ Department of Economics and Agribusiness Organization, University of Podlasie, Siedlce, Poland
² Division of Poultry Breeding, University of Podlasie, Siedlce, Poland

ABSTRACT

Production efficiency of turkey-hen rearing in a farm in Poland during the withdrawal of meat and bone meal from feed mixtures was tested. The component was the main protein and amino acid source in feed mixtures for poultry and pigs until the end of October, 2003. Since 1^st November 2003 the applying of meat meals into feed mixtures was forbidden by the terms of pre-accession agreements. The decision was made due to the necessity to meet the EU requirements in feed industry of our country. The study lasted almost a year and showed that the withdrawal of animal meals as protein source from feed mixtures considerably worsened technical, economic and technical, and economic efficiencies in turkey-hen rearing. A substantial increase in production costs resulted in the decrease of profit and profitability ratio in the farm. The increase in feed conversion rate per 1 kg of body weight was the main factor that worsened the rearing efficiency. It meant that feed manufactures had a large problem to compose suitable feed mixtures, which would ensure feed requirements for turkeys and simultaneously would give satisfactory economic returns for producers.

Key words: turkey-hen, efficiency, farm production, production costs, animal meal.

Stanisław Szarek
Department of Economics and Agribusiness Organization,
University of Podlasie, Siedlce, Poland
B. Prusa 12, 08-110 Siedlce, Poland
email: szarek@ap.siedlce.pl

Barbara Witak
Division of Poultry Breeding,
University of Podlasie, Siedlce, Poland
B. Prusa 12, 08-110 Siedlce, Poland
email: bioin@ap.siedlce.pl

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