Abstract
Feed is the major cost of broiler production. Hence, one of the main opportunities for increasing profit, is to lower feed costs per unit of gain, through rational allocation of this input in the production process, consequently, it increases the product and simultaneously it reduces the gap between local production and consumption. Also, knowledge of relationship between feed and product provides the producers by the useful indicators, which help them in decision making process. Aiming to this object, the current study estimated the production function of broiler, applying the (OLS) method, using observations of the sample collected from 36 private farms in Arbil Governorate. The Cobb-Douglas production function was selected, relying on the sensibility of the results, statistical and econometrical criteria. So, the required economic functions have been derived and used along with market prices of feed and product, in order to achieve some practical conclusions and recommendations. The important one is that, the level of feed had not been extended to the point that maximizes the profit according to the results of the study
