Slider references#

Data sources for the reference values under the sliders in the poultry tab are below. See the References section for the full name and URL for each source. Note for some countries data is not available for all years.

Days on feed

Country

Source

URL

Brazil

Embrapa

https://www.embrapa.br/suinos-e-aves/cias/custos/calcule/planilha

China

NIH National Library of Medicine

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7142404/

France

Wageningen University & Research

https://www.avec-poultry.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/WUR-report-2018-116-Competitiveness-EU-poultry-meat-PvanHorne_def.pdf

Germany

DLG.org

https://www.dlg.org/de/landwirtschaft/themen/tierhaltung/gefluegel/dlg-merkblatt-406

India

The Global Statistics

https://www.theglobalstatistics.com/chicks-rate-today/

Italy

None

Netherlands

Wageningen University & Research

https://www.avec-poultry.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/WUR-report-2018-116-Competitiveness-EU-poultry-meat-PvanHorne_def.pdf

Poland

None

Spain

None

United Kingdom

National Farmers Union

https://www.nfuonline.com/archive?treeid=139718

United States

National Chicken Council

https://www.nationalchickencouncil.org/statistic/us-broiler-performance/

Producer price

Country

Source

URL

All except United States

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/PP

United States

USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service

https://quickstats.nass.usda.gov/

Feed price

Country

Source

URL

All except United Kingdom and United States

Eurostat poultry farming data

https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/APRO_EC_POULA__custom_2072358/

United Kingdom

AHDB animal feed production

https://ahdb.org.uk/cereals-oilseeds/cereal-use-in-gb-animal-feed-production

United States

None

Ideal feed conversion ratio

The reference is the breed standard FCR.