Employment of the Concept of Opportunity Cost in Selecting Feed for the Production of Piglets

Abstract

This study aims to survey the cost of rations for piglets, to know what the value sacrificed by choosing the most profitable option for the swine producer observing the light of the concept of opportunity cost. The ration is responsible for approximately 70% of the cost of production of piglets any variation in cost can significantly change the producers profit. In this paper we present three ways to get rations for piglets: buying it ready in the industry, producing in the property buying the corn, or even producing in the property using the corn produced by it. Due to the manufacture of these products that are so different, their quality can vary, therefore also a test was performed with the empirical three types of rations to see which has better performance with the piglets. With that has come to a conclusion that ration made on the property with the corn produced by the produced by the same is more advantageous because of the better financial returns for the producer being the ration bought the next best option, therefore, is abandoned, becoming the opportunity cost of choice.