How much can you earn in a year by investing in raising 20 pigs, and how long until they are ready for market?
The pig farming market was very good in the first two years, and many people started raising pigs during those two years. Even though the market is poor now, many people still have ideas about the pig farming industry. Taking investing in raising 20 pigs as an example, let's talk about how much you can earn in a year? Actually, how much you earn in a year from pig farming is related to the market and to farming techniques. Therefore, when the market is the same, even if everyone raises 20 pigs at the same time, different farmers will have different incomes, and farmers in different regions will also differ greatly.
And when the market fluctuates greatly, the calculation of how much you earn in a year differs even more. With 20 pigs, some people might earn 10000 yuan, others might earn 20000 yuan, but some might not make money or even lose money. Therefore, if you want to ask how much you can earn in a year raising 20 pigs, it needs to be discussed specifically!
Recently, pig prices have been rising nonstop, but farmers cannot be happy. Although the pig price market has been rising, the live pig price is still at a low level. So at this critical moment, can small-scale farmers with 20 pigs still make money if they sell them for market?
First, let us calculate the cost: generally, pig farming costs include two parts, namely piglet cost and feed cost. Taking one pig as the basis, the cost is calculated as follows:
1. Piglet cost: generally, the price of piglets is about 40 yuan per 1 kg, one piglet is about 15-20 kg, so the cost of buying 1 piglet is about 700 yuan.
2. Feed cost: someone made an average value, namely: for every 3 jin of feed used to raise one pig, the pig can be converted into one jin of pork. Of course, this is a theoretical value. Calculated by this theoretical value, if one pig is about 250 jin when it goes to market, it will consume about (125-15)*3=330 kg of feed. Feed averages about 2.5 yuan/KG, which means the feed cost needed to raise one pig is about 800 yuan.
Overall, the total cost for a small-scale farmer to raise one pig is 1500 yuan, excluding labor costs for now.
How much profit can be earned by raising 20 pigs: the current pig price is about 10.5 yuan/kg. A 250 jin pig can be sold for about 1312.5 yuan, a loss of 187.5 yuan (not counting labor costs). According to the current rising trend, if it can be sold for 12 yuan/kg, it can be sold for 1500 yuan, just breaking even (not counting labor costs). Above 12 yuan/kg, pig farming can make money; otherwise, it can only lose money.
How long does it take for pigs to be ready for market
China's commercial pig production is mainly based on three-way crossbred varieties of Duroc, Landrace and Large White pigs. It is very normal for these high-quality varieties of live pigs to be ready for market in about 160 days, and better foreign pig varieties have even shorter market cycles. However, pigs crossbred using local varieties take relatively longer to fatten, with an average production cycle of about 180—200 days.
At different fattening stages before live pigs are ready for market, the amount of feed fed is different, with a total feeding amount of about 300 kg. If no feed is given and only traditional pig food such as coarse grains and pig grass is fed, the pig's growth cycle will increase by at least one month.
The development and application of modern feed and feed additives have greatly improved feed conversion rates, reduced feeding costs in live pig production, and laid a solid scientific foundation for the pig farming industry to obtain good social and economic benefits. According to estimates, with the application of modern feed science and technology, the conversion rate of compound feed in China has improved significantly, and its technological contribution rate to the livestock industry has exceeded 40%. The conversion rate of pig compound feed has increased from 4:1 to 3:1. In the past, raising one pig took one year, but now it can be ready for market in 6 months. This is inseparable from nutritionally balanced feed and advances in farming technology.
At present, the modern pig farming industry, characterized by large-scale live pig farming, has developed rapidly, and farming concepts and management levels have continued to improve. By improving the farming environment and implementing harmless treatment of livestock and poultry manure, problems such as major epidemics and antibiotic residues have been gradually solved. The pig growth cycle has gradually shortened, and the weight of each pig is generally about 100 kg.