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1 Review of Manitoba Guidelines for Estimating Costs of Production 2013 Name (optional): 1. What type of operation do you run? 2. What is the size of your operation (number of pig spaces/ number of sows)? Please answer the following questions: Farrow to finish, farrow to wean, farrow to nursery: 3. How many sows do you have? 4. Do you use mainly artificial insemination or natural breeding? 5. What is the ratio of boars to sows? 6. How many litters/sow/year? 7. What is the average litter birth weight? 8. What is the average weaning age? 9. What is the average weaning weight? 10. What is the average born per litter? 11. What is your average born alive per litter? 12. What is your % pre-weaning mortality? 13. Do you feed a boar ration? 14. What is the average dry sow intake on your farm (lbs/kg)? 15. What is the average lactating sow intake on your farm (lbs/kg)? 16. Do you feed a breeding sow ration? 17. How many employees/workers in your sow unit? 18. What are the total labour hours per 7 day week in the farrowing facility for all employees? 19. What is the average hourly wage for all employees including hired manager? Nursery 20. How many nursery spaces do you have? 21. What is the average weaner mortality rate?
2 22. What is the average weaner entry weight (lbs/kg)? 23. What is the weaner target ending weight (lbs/kg)? 24. What is the weaner average daily gain? 25. Do you phase feed? If yes: (a) How many phases? (b) At what day/weight (circle one) do the phases change If no: (a) What is the average weaner feed conversion? 26. What is the average number of days in nursery? 27. How many employees/workers in your unit? 28. What are the total labour hours per 7 day week in the nursery facility for all employees? 29. What is the average hourly wage of all employees including hired manager? Grower-Finisher 30. How many finisher spaces do you have? 31. What is the average grow/finish entry weight to your barn? 32. What is the average mortality of grower-finisher pigs? 33. What is the target shipping weight? 34. What is the average total time on feed (days)? 35. Do you phase feed? If yes: (a) How many phases? (b) How many days/ weight (circle one) is each phase fed? If no: (a) What is the total feed conversion ratio for grower-finisher pigs?
3 36. What is the average daily gain of grower-finisher pigs? 37. What % of finisher pigs are sold at light weights? 38. How many employees (workers) are in your unit? 39. What are the total labour hours per 7 day week in the grower-finisher facility for all employees? 40. What is the average hourly wage of all employees including hired manager? Contract: 41. How many pig spaces? 42. Entrance weight (lbs/kg)? 43. Exit weight (lbs/kg)? 44. What dollar value is placed on each pig space ($/pig space)? 45. Please check which of the following are covered by your barn rental agreement. For those categories not covered please itemize out your cost/pig place Check Cost per pig place Included Purchase cost of livestock Purchase cost of feed Labour Maintenance Interior or Exterior (please circle) Veterinary Costs Manure Management costs Hydro/propane Insurance 46. If you provide labour how many hours/wk? 47. Do you phase feed (Yes/No)? a. Are phases based on age or weight? b. What are the phases? 48. Do you receive bonus incentives?
4 Feed 49. Do you purchase or manufacture feed? 50. If you manufacture your own feed, how do you price your rations? Operating Costs: Please provide the costs/pig sold 51. Veterinary/Medicine 52. Maintenance and Repairs 53. Hydro and Propane 54. Insurance 55. Manure Costs 56. Marketing and Transport 57. Property Tax Capital Costs: Building: 58. Gestation cost per square foot 59. Farrowing/nursery cost per square foot 60. Feeder barn cost per square foot 61. Office and loading cost per square foot Equipment: 62. Gestation cost per square foot 63. Farrowing/nursery cost per square foot 64. Feeder barn cost per square foot 65. Office and loading cost per square foot 66. Price per replacement sow 67. Price per replacement boar
5 Future Communication 68. Would you be willing to participate in a meeting to further discuss costs of production in the near future? Please send the completed questionnaire to: Robyn Harte Business Development Specialist Swine 545 University Crescent Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3T 5S6 Phone: (204) Cell: (204) Fax: (204) robyn.harte@gov.mb.ca
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