TY - CPAPER AB - This study evaluates how energy and labor costs, and investment levels affect the investment feasibility of pasture, partial confinement, and total confinement swine production facilities. The pasture system provided the lowest present value of investment, labor, and energy costs for most energy-labor cost combinations studied. It was followed by partial confinement and then total confinement. System break-even feed efficiencies and labor costs were also calculated. AU - Kliebenstein, James B. AU - McWilliams, Stephen A. DA - 1980-07 DA - 1980-07 DO - 10.22004/ag.econ.278391 DO - doi ID - 278391 KW - Livestock Production/Industries L1 - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/278391/files/aaea-1980-001.pdf L2 - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/278391/files/aaea-1980-001.pdf L4 - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/278391/files/aaea-1980-001.pdf LA - eng LA - English LK - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/278391/files/aaea-1980-001.pdf N2 - This study evaluates how energy and labor costs, and investment levels affect the investment feasibility of pasture, partial confinement, and total confinement swine production facilities. The pasture system provided the lowest present value of investment, labor, and energy costs for most energy-labor cost combinations studied. It was followed by partial confinement and then total confinement. System break-even feed efficiencies and labor costs were also calculated. PY - 1980-07 PY - 1980-07 T1 - INVESTMENT, ENERGY, AND LABOR TRADEOFFS IN SWINE PRODUCTION TI - INVESTMENT, ENERGY, AND LABOR TRADEOFFS IN SWINE PRODUCTION UR - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/278391/files/aaea-1980-001.pdf Y1 - 1980-07 ER -