Staying Proactive in a Down MarketBIVI World Pork Expo Media ConferenceAaron J. Lower, [email protected] Veterinary Service, Ltd.
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Cost of Production – Wean to FinishMetafarms - 2014
Perspective
• Health costs are a top 5 cost but only 1.7%
• Focus on• Feed cost• Wean pig cost• Facility cost
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Key cost relationshipsDecrease cost $0.25/bushel and SBM $20/ton
– 2.2% decrease in finishing mortality– 0.17 decrease in feed efficiency
• 0.50 increase P/S/Y = 1% decrease in finishing livability• 1% improvement in finishing livability = 0.05 FCR
Dealing With The High Cost of Feed In Commercial Pig Production - Dr. Steve Pollman, Murphy Brown, from the 2012 Boehringer Ingelheim Mile High Swine Health Seminar, March 6, 2012, Denver CO, USA.
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Key Cost Relationships
• Key controllable areas– Wean pig flow
• Health, Age, Throughput
– Monitor key inputs proactively• Pre-fill inspection• Standard visit• Weekly mortality and closeouts
– Feed processing• Particle size, Pellet quality
– Feeding program implementation – feeders, budget, interruptions
– Health – diagnostics and mortalityDr. Steve Pollman, March 6, 2012, Denver CO, USA.
Focus on:1. Livability2. Growth Rate3. Number Weaned
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Grow-FinishEconomic Impact of PRRS
Pigs placed April 2011 through April 2012
Data Neg Pos DifferenceAverage of DL 2.14% 5.47% 3.33% 1.33$ % DL ($120/pig value) 4.42$
Average of Culls 2.66% 4.83% 2.17% 0.56$ % Cull (70% of FVP - $185) 1.21$ Average of ADG 1.92 1.80 -0.12 0.11$ per day 1.01$ Average of F/G 2.58 2.70 0.12 0.14$ per lb 4.37$
11.01$
Total Head 143,375 48,325 532,218$
PRRS Value
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Grow-FinishPRRS – Managing Variation
Unpredictable spikes in mortality due to PRRS
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Grow-FinishPRRS – Managing Variation
Unpredictable spikes in mortality due to PRRS
Can you partial dose?
• It Depends!!– Risk tolerance– Relatively low cost – ROI?– Co-infections– Potential for variation– Loss of company support
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“White Glove” InspectionSite:____________________ Date:____________________ Inspector:______________________________
Office Yes No Equipment Yes NoShower Room Clean Pulse Vests CleanClothes Clean, Folded, & Organized Pulse Units CleanRefrigerators Clean & Organized CO2 Bottles/Air Compressors CleanOffi ce Floor Clean Bolt Guns/Euthanasia Boxes CleanOffi ce Area Clean & Organized Medicine Bottles/Coolers CleanAux. Storage Areas Clean & Organized Site Tools CleanPortable Restrooms Swept/Disinfected Sort Boards Clean
Marker Spray Cans CleanBarns (Evaluate at least 1) Yes No Old Marking Chalk Disposed OfSlats Clean (Side of Slat) Load Out Boards CleanCracks Clean Snares & Dead Carts CleanFeeders Clean, Water Out Shaker Cans CleanWater/Feed Lines/Feed Tubes Clean Boots CleanHeaters CleanLedges Clean Site Yes NoPenning, Gates, & Feet Clean Boot Rack Area CleanControllers Wiped Clean Stoops/Chutes Clean
Outside Trash Disposed OFFeed Pads CleanPickups CleanDead Equipment CleanGenerator/Storage Shed(s) Clean
Comments:
Maintenance Issues:
Nursery/Finisher Site Cleanup Inspection List
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Facility cost
• $19.05/pig – 10.9% of total cost
– Throughput – sow farm flow, purchase pigs– Double stock– Barn downtime– Fill time– Marketing time
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Marketing
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Proactively Managing a Downturn
Focus on:
1. Livabilitya) Vaccinationb) Diagnostics
2. Growth Ratea) Feeders, particle size,
interruptions
3. Number Weaneda) Maximize sow farm
efficienciesb) Wean agec) Throughput of finisher barns
– space cost
Focus on top 3 costs:
1. Feed cost2. Wean pig cost3. Facility cost
Carthage Veterinary Service, Ltd