Is It Legal to Raise Pigs on Your Own Contracted Land? A Detailed Explanation of the Policy Regulations
Is it legal to raise pigs on your own contracted land? Under what conditions can individual contracted land be used for farming? The state has issued clear regulations on this point:
1. Article 31 of the Land Administration Law clearly stipulates: the state protects cultivated land and strictly controls the conversion of cultivated land to non-cultivated land.
2. Article 15 of the Land Administration Law clearly stipulates: individuals may undertake contracted operations engaging in crop farming, forestry, animal husbandry, and fishery production. The party granting the contract and the contractor shall conclude a contract, specifying the rights and obligations of both parties. The term of the land contract operation shall be stipulated in the contract. Units and individuals undertaking contracted land operations have the obligation to protect the land and to use it reasonably in accordance with the purposes agreed upon in the contract.
According to the Land Administration Law issued by the state, if you want to carry out farming on individually contracted land and build a farm, you must go to the relevant higher-level authorities for approval of all the rules and requirements. From personal experience, the approval process is cumbersome and extremely inefficient. The large-scale cattle farm my older brother built took more than 7 months just for the procedural approvals. Only after all the procedures are completed and a lawful contract is signed with the party granting the land contract can farming begin.
Choose the pig farm site carefully
Anyone engaged in farming must choose a site that meets the conditions for farming. Generally, choose a place with relatively convenient transportation, sufficient water sources, no pollution at the source, far from village residential areas, and convenient for epidemic prevention and control. Firmly avoid the following types of places.
Basic farmland.
Source areas of major drinking water sources.
Township planning areas.
Nature reserves and other key protected scenic areas, and similar ranges.
Properly complete the relevant procedures
Relevant procedures for construction land planning permission.
Environmental assessment procedures.
Animal and plant epidemic prevention procedures.
Business registration and tax procedures.
Do enough homework on farming and study relevant professional techniques through research
While handling all the necessary procedures, anyone entering the farming industry must also thoroughly investigate market conditions, learn and master relevant professional knowledge, and possess a certain level of farming technology and risk prevention and control capability. Do not blindly expand at scale; take small, slow steps and grow steadily to ensure farming success.