Four measures to master for reducing costs in pig farming

1. Get a firm grasp of market trends and improve response capability. Pig farmers must keep abreast of market dynamics and live pig prices, adjust marketing strategies according to market changes, scientifically determine the scale of raising, continuously improve the ability to respond to the market, and minimize risks. At the same time, they must also grasp changes in the prices of feed ingredients, especially changes in the prices of corn and soybean meal.

2. Mix feed on your own to reduce costs. Feed costs account for 70% of pig farming costs, and reducing feed costs is crucial for pig farmers to make a profit. First, reduce losses in feed processing, storage and feeding. Second, persist in mixing feed on your own, mainly using self-produced or purchased corn, appropriately matched with cakes, rice bran and wheat bran. Make full use of various distillers' grains, forage grass and green coarse feed to raise pigs. Third, add pig feed additives to solve the drawback of reduced nutritional levels after adding green coarse feed, and ensure pigs are marketed normally. 3. Do a good job of deworming to improve benefits. Using deworming drugs at the start of fattening and in the middle of fattening to expel internal and external parasites from pigs can make pigs reach market 10-20 days earlier, saving 20 kg of feed per pig. 4. Breed and raise your own pigs to stabilize the source of pigs. A fattening farm that raises a certain number of sows for self-breeding and self-raising can not only reduce feeding costs, but also have greater flexibility. When piglet prices rise, piglets can be sold for profit; when piglet prices are low, they can be fattened for money. Therefore, no matter how the pig farming market changes, you must persist in raising sows well to stabilize the source of pigs. Never casually slaughter sows because pig prices fall, otherwise when piglet prices rise, the sows currently raised will not be able to quench immediate thirst, and it will be too late.