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Table 2 Income statement over 2017 of a laying hen farm in a ‘normal year’, in a fipronil unaffected and affected state (50,000 laying hens)

From: The impact of the fipronil crisis on the financial performance of Dutch laying hen farms

 

Normal year (baseline)

Unaffected farm

Affected farm

Revenue

   

 Turnover (eggs)

€ 987,350

€ 1,138,236

€ 527,554

 Other returns (meat, other business activities)

€ 94,600

€ 94,600

€ 94,600

 Total revenue

€ 1,081,950

€ 1,232,836

€ 622,154

Variable costs

   

 Feed

€ 596,250

€ 596,250

€ 396,152

 Manure disposal

€ 9625

€ 9625

€ 15,010

 Other allocated costs (e.g. maintenance)

€ 79,600

€ 79,600

€ 79,600

 Poultry house cleaning

  

€ 10,000

 Disposal contaminated eggs

  

€ 8056

 Disposal costs old flock

  

€ 40,000

 Total allocated costs

€ 685,475

€ 685,475

€ 548,817

 Gross margin

€ 396,475

€ 547,361

€ 73,338

Fixed costs

   

 Depreciation of flock

€ 148,621

€ 148,621

€ 212,500

 Other non-allocated costs

€ 230,125

€ 230,125

€ 230,125

 Total fixed costs

€ 378,746

€ 378,746

€ 442,625

Estimation of the profitability

   

 Net operating result

€ 17,729

€ 168,615

€ −369,287

Estimation of the repayment capacity

   

 EBITDA (excl. depr. flock)

€ 155,154

€ 306,040

€ −231,862