The impact of the fipronil crisis on the financial performance of Dutch laying hen farms
Background: Illegal use of fipronil as an insecticide in 2017 has caused substantial damage to Dutch laying hen farms. We assessed how the fipronil crisis has affected the financial performance of affected farms as well as unaffected farms. While affected farms faced culling their flocks and lost revenue, unaffected farms benefitted from temporary high egg prices. Methods: A three-step normative modelling approach is taken using financial statements and a partial budget. The estimations are for a 50,000 laying hen farm facing the fipronil crisis for 5 months. First, a baseline is created by ge... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | article/Letter to editor |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2020 |
Schlagwörter: | Family farm / Financial distress / Financial performance / Fipronil crisis / Laying hen / Partial budget |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26682853 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/the-impact-of-the-fipronil-crisis-on-the-financial-performance-of |