The national method to calculate production costs in livestock farming

The production cost approach suggested by the French Livestock Institute (Institut de l’Elevage) has been developed thanks to a close partnership with the Chambers of agriculture within INOSYS, the French livestock network of reference farms.

First of all, this method enables to determine a calculation suited to the characteristics of French farms which are very often diversified. It allows the comparisons with other countries, by building on the methods used by the two global research networks IFCN (International Farm Comparison Network) for dairy production and agri benchmark for beef and sheep meat production. The national method of calculating production costs is nowadays made available to the stakeholders of the livestock farming sector who wish to use it. It is also carried out within an advice tool named COUPROD intended for breeders and advisors.

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Emmanuel Morin (Institut de l'Elevage), Vincent Bellet (Institut de l'Elevage), Mylène Berruyer (Institut de l'Elevage), Nicole Bossis (Institut de l'Elevage), Yannick Pechuzal (C.A. Cantal (15)), Christèle Pineau (Institut de l'Elevage), Benoît Rubin (Institut de l'Elevage), Thierry Charroin (Institut de l'Elevage)