Searching for economically sustainable Swedish beef production systems based on suckler cows after decoupling EU income support

Salevid, Pernilla; Kumm, Karl-Ivar

doi:10.5367/oa.2011.0037

Sammanfattning

After decoupling EU income support, normal Swedish systems for suckler cow-based beef production are unable to pay the costs of new investments and market wages for labour. New production systems, able to achieve full cost coverage, were identified by an expert panel. The two most profitable suggestions can be characterized as 'organic with high environmental grants and premium price for beef' and 'conventional with outdoor wintering of cows'. Both systems presuppose the availability of large areas of semi-natural pasture per cow and larger herd sizes than are now common in Sweden. Breeding progress and other biological improvements could only marginally improve the profitability.

Nyckelord

beef production; grazing; production systems; forest-dominated regions; profitability

Publicerad i

Outlook On Agriculture
2011, volym: 40, nummer: 2, sidor: 131-138
Utgivare: I P PUBLISHING LTD

SLU författare

Salevid, Pernilla
- Institutionen för tillämpad husdjursvetenskap och välfärd, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
Kumm, Karl-Ivar
- Institutionen för tillämpad husdjursvetenskap och välfärd, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet

Globala målen (SDG)

SDG12 Hållbar konsumtion och produktion

UKÄ forskningsämne

Veterinärmedicin
Husdjursvetenskap

Publikationens identifierare

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5367/oa.2011.0037

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https://res.slu.se/id/publ/57057