VARIABLE INFLUENCE IN PRICING POULTRY LITTERS IN BRAZIL

Studies indicate that poultry litter prices may vary depending on the dollar, on the price of corn or for the mineral fertilizers, what directly interferes in the total production costs, what can take us into a question: What variable has more influence in determining the prices of poultry litter in Brazil? The purpose of this study is to analyze the variable that most influences the pricing of poultry litter in Brazilian market. This is an exploratory study of quantitative approach, where the variables defined for data analysis were: the dollar, the mineral fertilizers, the commercial corn and the fertilizer value. In order to compare such study of variables, it was used measure of positions such as Correlation and Coefficient of Determination using SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences), an application software for correlation and linear regression calculation. It has been developed pricing models and it was confirmed the positive correlation of poultry litter prices to the dollar currency, with the price of commercial corn sack and the two variables as complementary, the last one with higher coefficient of determination. After applying the Least Square Method on the difference between the actual poultry litter price and the expected prices of the elaborated models in this research, it can be concluded that the commercial corn is the variable that has the greatest influence on the poultry litter pricing in Brazil