비육말의 비육기간에 따른 체중변화와 원가가 농가에 미치는 영향

Abstract

In this report, the growth of fatted horses was investigated, which was sorted by their weight. The amount of coarse fodder and hay fed up by the fatted horses dictated an initial investment.

The investment was composed of fixed and other costs. Consequently, we investigated the total sales of the fatted horses, the cost of fatting per a fatted horse and the changes of sales depending on the addition and the size of fatting. The average weights of non-fatting and 3 months-fatted horses were 299.6 kg and 356.8 kg, respectively. In other words, the average fatted weight was 57.2 kg. It is worthwhile noting that the rate of increasing fatted weight per months gradually declined. For examples, the rate of increase was 7.09 %, 5.84 % and 5.08 % for the first three months. Interestingly, horses weighted between 300 kg and 340 kg showed the highest increase of fatted weight. The price of horse meat in 2014 was 8,000 Won/kg or 2,396,667 Won/horse. The investment of the fatting, 725,760 Won, was calculated based on the price of coarse fodder and hay in 2014.

On the other hand, the estimated price of the 3 months-fatting horses (356.8 kg) was 3,924,800 Won. Net profit and net profit margin of the fatting horses are inversely proportional to the fatting period due to the decline of the increasing fatted weight per month.

Horses have the great potential to impact a range of applications, from racing and riding horses to eating horses. In addition, side products of the eating horses, such as bones and oils, created additional profits for famers.

While special act on horse industry development triggers broad attentions on horse industry, domestic horse consumption is expected to increase. Extending profits for the horse fatting farm requires multilateral efforts, such as building a strong brand identity of horse meat and developing new feed technologies to shorten the fatting period.