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can be an advantage to members.
"Someone has to pay every time you
start up a truck and move animals."
His plans call for expanding sow
numbers to 1,000 using the three -site
technology. Today he has 24,000
square feet of barn space within three
connected buildings.
Using the figure of $15 per pig -
place, he calculated each contract
finisher is paid, times slightly more
than three groups of pigs put through
a barn annually, creates an income in
the range of S50 per pig -place, said
Anwcndcr. Under current prices, he
calculated he could buy a weaner pig
for S70 requiring S65 in feed to take
it to market weight where it would
bring S180, leaving a margin of $45
or S135 per pig -place annually.
Anwcndcr, who added a finishing
barn one year ago, said "It will be
paid off quicker than their (contract
feeders') barns, I can guarantee you
that.'
He suggested that a rate of $15 per
pig -place would not cover the
depreciation on the expensive and
Well-run farrow -to -
finish operation still
most profitable,
observers agree
specialized three -site facilities which
wear out quickly with intensive use.
Hc admitted that keeping on top of
herd health in a continuous flow pig
operation is a challenge but suggested
that three -site operations have thcir
problems as wejl, such as porcine
reproduction and respiratory
syndrome, also called mystery swine
disease. "If the pork industry goes in
the tank, we wouldn't be ashamed of
our cost of production," stated
Anwcndcr.
He plans to continue investing in
the industry because he believes his
methods of production will make it
profitable for him and his family.
Ditto for those in three -site
production.°