Office facilities, site preparation, and miscellaneous items also are included in the capital requirements. The capital requirements are assumed to be the same for all production levels, so fixed costs per pig are significantly lower for higher production levels. The Kansas Swine Nutrition Guide served as a basis for calculating feed requirements at each stage of production. Feed costs vary considerably across production levels. Returns Producers receive income primarily from the sale of finished pigs.
Additional income is received from the sale of culled breeding stock.
This text was extracted from the publication, MF-292.