Bioeconomic simulation of compensatory growth in beef cattle production systems

Lopes, Rúbia Branco; Canozzi, Maria Eugênia Andrighetto; Canellas, Leonardo Canalli; Gonzalez, Fredy Andrey Lopez; Correa, R. F.; Pereira, Paulo Rodrigo Ramos Xavier; Barcellos, Júlio Otávio Jardim

doi:10.1016/j.livsci.2018.08.011

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“…The simulated scenarios allow the ability to clearly quantify the benefits of vertical diversification when the farmer enters the meat production and distribution sector. Sale prices are commonly identified as the most significant aspect for the profitability and margin value per ha [40,43]. However, a small producer lacks the market power to change prices.…”

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Traps and Opportunities of Czech Small-Scale Beef Cattle Farming

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Small farmers represent a majority of the European Union (EU) farming sector and are considered the cornerstone of both the current and future sustainable EU agriculture. The dynamic complexity of livestock systems hinders the understanding of its behaviour, as well as recognizing the causes of problems and sources of resistance to applied policies and strategies. Livestock system behaviour needs to be understood in order to find leverage points and identify efficient solutions. The presented study depicts issues of small-scale beef cattle farmers in the market environment from a systemic perspective. The common complexity of managing a company increases with biological processes characterized by very long time periods, especially in the case of beef cattle farming. The scenarios analysed by the computer simulation model presented in the study evaluate the benefits of basic diversification into meat processing and a farm-to-table approach. The direct contact of the farmer with the final consumers represents increased demand and requirements on farmers’ entrepreneurship; nevertheless, such a strategy is a significant growth driver that allows faster maximisation of the farm’s output, accelerates the return of the investments, strengthens the market position of the farmer, and increases the farm’s sustainability.

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“…Currently, about 24% of the total cattle livestock represents the production of cattle for slaughter [39]. The situation is characterised by low efficiency and 2.15% profitability of suckler cows production in the Czech Republic [40], which is comparable to the low efficiency in other countries [41][42][43].…”

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“…A elevada influência na participação dos custos dos componentes aquisição de animais e alimentação reforça a importância no controle desses fatores por meio de contratos de fixação de preços e manejo adequado do sistema para otimizar o uso desses insumos e nível de produtividade (Asimwe et al, 2016). Adicionalmente, Lopes et al (2018) reportam que a gestão nutricional é uma importante ferramenta a ser utilizada para otimizar os índices econômicos em períodos de restrição alimentar, particularmente durante os períodos de aumento dos preços dos insumos.…”

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“…Vagão Forrageiro 1 100.000,00 10 10 9.000,00 Esses índices demonstram o potencial da atividade de confinamento para a realização de investimentos e geração de fluxo de caixa. Ademais, a pecuária de corte é uma atividade ampla, sendo possível agregar valor por meio de fatores como produção de carne de qualidade (Venkata Reddy et al, 2015), otimizar o retorno financeiro em função de estratégias alimentares adaptadas a fase do animal (Lopes et al, 2018), adaptar o nível de intensificação de produção de acordo com a categoria animal (Asizua et al, 2017), entre outros.…”

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Custos de confinamento de bovinos de corte no município de Colômbia, SP

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O sistema de terminação de bovinos em confinamento possibilita intensificar a produção animal, pois se aglomera um elevado número de animais em pequenas áreas. Os principais problemas enfrentados nesse sistema de produção são o elevado custo da atividade, a remuneração do peso e as incertezas do mercado. Nesse sentido, esse estudo teve como objetivos analisar os índices econômicos de um sistema de terminação de bovinos em confinamento e identificar os principais itens que oneram a atividade. Foram confinados 2.579 animais da raça Nelore e anelorados em uma fazenda localizada no município de Colômbia, estado de SP, por um período de 110 dias. Forneceram-se três tipos de alimentação, classificadas em dieta de adaptação, crescimento e terminação, com duração de 14, 40 e 56 dias, respectivamente. Foram determinados indicadores econômicos, tais como margem bruta, índice de margem de contribuição e ponto de equilíbrio. A atividade resultou numa receita total de R$ 7,9 milhões. Os componentes do custo operacional efetivo que exerceram maior influência sobre os custos da atividade do confinamento foram a aquisição dos animais (72,08%), alimentação (24,08%), despesas diversas (1,45%), mão-de-obra (2,57%), frete (1,80%), sanidade (0,10%) e impostos (0,04%). A análise resultou em lucro de R$450.000 e margem de lucro de 5,7%. Os componentes do custo operacional efetivo que exercem maior influência sobre os custos da atividade de confinamento é a aquisição dos animais e a alimentação. Os índices econômicos apontaram que a atividade foi lucrativa e está se remunerando em curto prazo. Palavras-chave: pecuária de corte, terminação de bovinos, índices econômicos.

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“…Previous studies have highlighted the role of compensatory growth when estimating beef cattle performance (Hoch and Agabriel, 2004;Keele et al, 1992;Oltjen et al, 1986). In addition, compensatory growth could influence a farm' financial performance (Ashfield et al, 2014b), as it can be employed as a strategy to reduce feeding costs (Lopes et al, 2018), and it was found to have an effect on meat's sensory characteristics and quality (Keady et al, 2017). The variability in experimentally-derived growth curves was a result of actual feed availability, and this was particularly obvious for the long-duration finishing systems which incorporated two grazing periods.…”

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A bio-economic model for cost analysis of alternative management strategies in beef finishing systems

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Global population growth together with rising incomes is increasing the demand for meat-based products. This increases the need to optimize livestock production structures, whilst ensuring viable returns for the farmers. On a global scale, beef producers need tools to assist them to produce more high-quality products whilst maintaining economic efficiency. The Grange Scottish Beef Model (GSBM) was customized to simulate beef finishing enterprises using data from Scottish beef finishing studies, as well as agricultural input and output price datasets.Here we describe the model and its use to determine the cost-effectiveness of alternative current management practices (e.g. forage-and cereal-based finishing) and slaughter ages (i.e. short, medium or long finishing duration). To better understand drivers of profitability in beef finishing systems, several scenarios comparing finishing duration, gender, genetic selection of stock for growth rate or feed efficiency, as well as financial support were tested. There are opportunities for profitable and sustainable beef production in Scotland, for both cereal and forage based systems, particularly when aiming for a younger age profile at slaughtering. By careful choice of finishing systems matched to animal potential, as well as future selection of high performing and feed efficient cattle, beef finishers will be able to enhance performance and increase financial returns.

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Bioeconomic simulation of compensatory growth in beef cattle production systems

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Traps and Opportunities of Czech Small-Scale Beef Cattle Farming

Traps and Opportunities of Czech Small-Scale Beef Cattle Farming

Custos de confinamento de bovinos de corte no município de Colômbia, SP

A bio-economic model for cost analysis of alternative management strategies in beef finishing systems

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