. Cost analysis of egg production in Alberta. Eggs. Size of Operation Versus Labour Hours Paid Labour requirements range from about hours per bird per year to hours per bird. The hours per bird record is likely an outlier (, an inaccurate estimate). The next highest is hours per bird. Economies of scale can potentially be realized through either capital costs or variable costs. We expected that the labour requirements per bird would decline with the size of operation. That is, economies of scale exist with respect to labour. The figure shows that labour requirements tend to
. Cost analysis of egg production in Alberta. Eggs. Size of Operation Versus Labour Hours Paid Labour requirements range from about hours per bird per year to hours per bird. The hours per bird record is likely an outlier (, an inaccurate estimate). The next highest is hours per bird. Economies of scale can potentially be realized through either capital costs or variable costs. We expected that the labour requirements per bird would decline with the size of operation. That is, economies of scale exist with respect to labour. The figure shows that labour requirements tend to decline for the small to mid-sized operations, while remaining flat for the mid to large operations. This suggests that once a table egg operation has reached a certain size, on-farm labour efficiencies are fairly constant. Figure 8 Size of Operation Vs. Labour Hours Per Bird 1993 Thousand Birds Hours/Bird/Year. ? No. of Birds 4" Labour Hours Per Bird —Labour Trend 16. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Alberta. Alberta Agriculture. Production and Resource Economics Branch; Alberta. Alberta Agriculture. Production Economics Branch; Alberta. Alberta Agriculture, Food, and Rural Development. Production Economics Branch. Edmonton, Alta. : Alberta Agriculture, Economic Services Division, Production and Resource Economics Branch
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