Main sources of the economic efficiency of beef cattle production systems
Wolfova, M.(Vyzkumny Ustav Zivocisne Vyroby, Prague (Czech Republic))E-mail:[email protected] | Wolf, J.(Vyzkumny Ustav Zivocisne Vyroby, Prague (Czech Republic)) | Zahradkova, R.(Vyzkumny Ustav Zivocisne Vyroby, Prague (Czech Republic)) | Pribyl, J.(Vyzkumny Ustav Zivocisne Vyroby, Prague (Czech Republic)) | Dano, J.(Vyskumny Ustav Zivocisnej Vyroby, Nitra (Slovak Republic)) | Kica, J.(Vyskumny Ustav Zivocisnej Vyroby, Nitra (Slovak Republic))
The economic efficiency of several beef production systems on pasture was investigated under different marketing strategies. All calculations were carried out with the computer program ECOWEIGHT. None of the considered production systems was profitable without government subsidies for the assumed economic input values. The profitability of the studied systems varied from 10 to 25%. A detailed analysis showed a high variability of the profit and profitability of cow-calf production systems in dependence on breeding and marketing strategies and on the level of the biological and economic input parameters. When considering biological performance, reproduction of females was shown to be the main source of economic efficiency in herds producing calves for sale. When the calves were in a feedlot system, the daily gain in fattening was even more important. Beef prices seem to be the most important economic factor influencing the profitability of all systems.
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