Eggs Earth Earnings
With roots dating back to the first half of the 20th century, ISA is the global operating breeder and
distributor of white and brown layers that are suitable for traditional and alternative production
systems under different climate conditions. ISA delivers parent stock and final products in more than
100 countries from 12 operational centers located on 4 continents and with help of around
300 distributors.
Eggs Earth Earnings
The mission of ISA is to breed for 500 first quality eggs per hen housed, which offers the following
benefits:
•
More Earnings for egg producers: All else being equal, higher egg numbers produced with a single
flock results in a higher return on investment. Thanks to our breeding program, egg producers can
increase their production with 8-10 eggs per laying cycle.
•
Better Earth for all of us: The long economic life of hens greatly contributes to a sustainable
production of more eggs, because flocks need to be replaced less often.
ISA thus offers significant value to egg producers, but at the same time enhances the value of the
whole egg industry to both planet and society. Hence our motto, Eggs Earth Earnings.
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Breeding for 500 Eggs!
Scenario
A current practice
ISA mission
Higher lay persistence
The mission of ISA is to breed for 500 first quality eggs per hen housed. This impressive number
can be achieved through continuous improvement of the lay persistence for a prolonged production
cycle, without compromising the quality of eggs. Joining our mission to obtain 500 eggs per hen,
will significantly increase your earnings.
100
90
80
percentage lay
70
60
50
Longer production cycle
Less replacement
Production cycle
Egg number/hen
Eggs/day
Average egg weight
Feed intake/day
Feed conversion
62 weeks
360 eggs
83%
62 grams
110 grams
2,14
62 weeks
385 eggs
89%
62 grams
110 grams
2,00
82 weeks
500 eggs
87%
62 grams
110 grams
2,04
Egg price/100 eggs
Egg income/hen
$ 7,00
$ 25,20
$ 7,00
$ 26,95
$ 7,00
$ 35,00
Feed price/t
Feed costs/hen
$ 340
$ 16,23
$ 340
$ 16,23
$ 340
$ 21,47
Economic life
Pullet costs
Production stop (15 days)
$ 3,50
$ 3,50
$ 3,50
132%
- $ 0,85
- $ 0,09
Gross margin/hen
Earnings/hen
ROI/hen
$ 8,97
$ 5,47
$ 2,56
$ 10,72
$ 7,22
$ 3,06
$ 13,53
$ 10,03
$ 3,87
$ 13,53
$ 10,97
$ 5,25
The gross margin is calculated by egg income minus feed costs, whereas earnings is calculcated by gross margin
minus pullet price and ROI is calculated by gross margin divided by pullet price. Due to a longer economic life of a
hen (82wks./62wks. = 132%), less replacement costs are made: the depreciation costs for pullets will be lower (in
this example $3,50 - $3,50/132% = $ 0,85) and also the relative costs associated with the production stop between
two successive flocks will be lower (in this example $0,02 gross margin/day*(15 days-(15 days/132%) = $ 0,09).
40
30
20
10
$ 12
0
19
28
37
46
55
64
73
82
91
100
ISA mission: 500 eggs/100 weeks
Difference in lay persistence
A current practice: 360 eggs/80 weeks
Difference in production cycle
Earnings $ 10
per hen
$ 8
$ 6
By improving the lay persistence, considerable gains will be made, but as the
calculation model and histogram on the next page indicate, the potential
gains are even more impressive when the production cycle is prolonged.
A flock will not only produce more eggs, but on top of that, replacing the
flock at a later point in time results in significant cost savings thanks to
less frequent flock investments and less frequent transitions between two
successive flocks, during which no egg production takes place.
$ 0,94
Less replacement
$ 2,81
Longer production cycle
$ 1,75
Higher lay persistence
$ 4
$ 5,47
$ 2
80 weeks
A current practice
80 weeks
100 weeks
ISA Mission
500 Eggs
360 Eggs