Costs and Economies of Scale in Egg-Type Chick Hatcheries

John R. Pedersen

No 312134, Marketing Research Reports from United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service, Transportation and Marketing Program

Abstract: The objective of this study is to provide hatchery managers and owners with in-plant efficiency and cost information on egg-type chick hatcheries. Hatchery managers can use this report to compare their in-plant costs and operations with those in the study and those synthesized in the models. Three major areas for comparison are (1) utilization of incubator capacities, (2) scheduling of work crews, and (3) use of laborsaving and cost-reducing equipment. Hatcheries may be able to reduce in-plant costs and increase their efficiency of operation by utilizing some of the methods used in the six model hatcheries.

Keywords: Labor and Human Capital; Livestock Production/Industries; Production Economics; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Research Methods/Statistical Methods (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 74
Date: 1967-02
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.312134

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