What are the factors affecting pig farm profitability? Pig farmers must figure this out

Analysis of factors affecting pig farm profitability(Using 300 sows as an example) 1. Number of live pigs sent to slaughter provided per sow per year. Each sow consumes about 1000 kg of feed per year, costing about 2400 yuan. The feed apportioned to each finishing pig is shown in the table below: Slaughter heads, feed consumed (kg), cost (yuan), benefit comparison (yuan), total slaughter heads, total benefit comparison (yuan), 20, 501, 20, 6000, 19, 52.6, 126, -65700, -34200, 18, 55.6, 133, -135400, -70200, 17, 58.8, 141, -215100, -107100, 16, 62.5, 150, -304800, -144000, 15, 66.7, 160, -404500, -180000, 14, 71.4, 171, -514200, -214200, 13, 76.9, 185, -653900, -253500. From the table above, it can be seen that comparing a good pig farm with a poor pig farm, the benefit difference caused by sow feed consumption alone is as high as 65 yuan/head. For a pig farm with 300 sows, the total benefit difference is as much as 250000 yuan. 2. Replacement gilt rearing rate: rearing is from the first normal farrowing of the replacement gilt to the second normal mating (based on 85 head). Rearing rate, purchase cost (yuan), rearing cost (yuan), culling value (yuan), culled heads, benefit comparison (yuan), 90%, 1300, 700, 1200, 9, 85%, 1300, 700, 1200, 12, -2400, 80%, 1300, 700, 1200, 17, -6400, 75%, 1300, 700, 1200, 21, -9600, 70%, 1300, 700, 1200, 26, -13600, 65%, 1300, 700, 1200, 30, -16800, 60%, 1300, 700, 1200, 34, -20000. Note: this calculation is based on direct culling when mating fails, without considering culling due to stillbirth, miscarriage and other factors, so the loss is the smallest. Even so, the difference is as much as 20000 yuan. 3. Analyzing benefits from piglet birth weight, weaning weight, and 70-day-old nursery pig weight (based on 300/5400). As the saying goes: a difference of one liang at birth, a difference of one jin at weaning, and a difference of ten days at slaughter. Slaughter weight (kg), slaughter days (days), average feed consumption (kg/day), total extra feed consumption (kg), benefit difference (yuan), 110, 160, 2.0, 110, 161, 2.0, 10800, -27000, 110, 162, 2.0, 21600, -54000, 110, 163, 2.0, 32400, -81000, 110, 164, 2.0, 43200, -108000, 110, 165, 2.0, 54000, -135000, 110, 166, 2.0, 64800, -162000, 110, 167, 2.0, 75600, -189000, 110, 168, 2.0, 86400, -216000, 110, 169, 2.0, 97200, -243000, 110, 170, 2.0, 108000, -270000, 110, 171, 2.0, 118800, -297000, 110, 172, 2.0, 129600, -324000, 110, 173, 2.0, 140400, -351000, 110, 174, 2.0, 151200, -378000, 110, 175, 2.0, 162000, -405000. As the saying goes, if you do not calculate, you do not know; once you calculate, you get a shock. For a pig farm with 300 sows, if piglets before 70 days of age are poorly managed and grow poorly, and slaughter is delayed by 15 days, the benefit impact on the pig farm is actually as much as 400000 yuan! Terrifying! 4. Finishing benefit impact. Earlier we calculated the benefit impact of insufficient slaughter heads on the apportionment of sow costs to finishing pigs. Next we analyze the impact on finishing profit caused by insufficient heads. Finishing pigs provided per sow, total slaughter number, finishing profit (yuan/head), total benefit difference (yuan), 20, 6000, 150, 19, 5700, 150, -45000, 18, 5400, 150, -90000, 17, 5100, 150, -135000, 16, 4800, 150, -180000, 15, 4500, 150, -225000, 14, 4200, 150, -270000, 13, 3900, 150, -315000. 5. Other benefit impact factors. In addition to the above 4 factors, there are some other factors, such as medicine costs, water and electricity costs, management costs, mortality and culling rates of boars and sows, differences in feed cost for meat production, etc. The combined benefit difference of these impact factors is 40-50 yuan/head, which is not obvious, and the impact on total benefit is also more than 250000 yuan. Summary: Combining the above five indicators, for a pig farm with 300 sows, whether it is managed properly or not, a benefit difference of 800000 yuan to 1000000 yuan is not surprising. Therefore, as long as we focus on the key points of pig farm profitability, there is great potential to tap. From the above analysis, it can be seen that although there is a benefit gap of nearly one million, the key to affecting benefits is not in finishing pigs, and even less in finishing pig feed. The key is in the feeding management and nutrition of breeding pigs and suckling piglets. Yet the vast majority of dealers, feed mills, and even pig farms themselves focus all day on the feed cost of finishing pigs, and even argue endlessly over a few yuan more or less for a bag of premix. This is truly like picking up sesame seeds and losing the watermelon, gaining little while losing much!
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Summary: Combining the above five indicators, for a pig farm with 300 sows, whether it is managed properly or not, a benefit difference of 800000 yuan to 1000000 yuan is not surprising. Therefore, as long as we focus on the key points of pig farm profitability, there is great potential to tap.

They must be operating at a negative margin, right? The difference is so big