What are practical ways to reduce costs in pig farming?
These days our food and dining tables are inseparable from pork, and pork farming can never keep up with people's demand. In recent years, pig farming techniques and methods have kept improving, because large-scale pig farming is a very money-consuming project. Even though technology is now much more advanced and many things can use machines to improve efficiency and replace manual labor, the capital required is still very high. So in what other areas can we work to reduce pig farming costs to the minimum? Below, the editor will explain it to everyone!
I. Feed only compound feed
Because pigs have different nutritional needs at each stage, we can give them the corresponding nutritional requirements according to their different growth stages, mix and prepare ingredients containing different nutrients together, and then feed them to the pigs. This can reduce feed costs and also let the pigs absorb nutrients better.
II. Implement protective rearing
In the second half of the year, you can plant some vine plants such as gourds, large melons, and wolgwa, and plant these vine plants outside the pig pen, so they can provide shade and cooling. In severe winter, it is recommended to use warm shed farming technology, and at the same time ensure the pigs' physical condition, carry out regular physical examinations for the pigs, and do a good job in deworming and immune vaccine injections.
III. Provide them with sufficient water
Pigs have a habit: when thirsty, they do not eat feed. It is not that they do not eat, but their appetite may not be as good as usual. So we must replenish water in time and not let them feel thirsty. Otherwise, once they lack water, their appetite will decline, and the feed utilization rate will be far lower than before. Over time, what is wasted is also a sum of money.
IV. Make full use of auxiliary feed
In addition to ordinary conventional feed, we should make full use of auxiliary feed. Things like brewer's grains and chicken manure and rabbit manure can all be reused. After mixing and preparing them together, feed them to the pigs. Pigs especially like this kind of mixed feed. Compared with ordinary feed, this kind of feed has a better meat-producing capacity, enabling the pigs to be sent to market and generate profit as soon as possible, and it can also reduce costs.
V. Self-breeding and self-raising method
What does the self-breeding and self-raising method mean? Some people may not understand it yet. The self-breeding and self-raising method means raising some robust and excellent breeds yourself, then using these breeds to open a farm of your own for raising pigs. The pigs raised this way will only be of higher quality. This can reduce the incidence of disease and increase the survival rate of the pigs.
VI. Implement high-density farming
In winter, the weather temperature is generally relatively low, so pigs face the problem of cold. Therefore, we can implement high-density farming, roughly raising one pig per 80 square meters. This kind of high-density farming can reduce expenses and site fees, and can also raise the overall temperature of the pigs a lot, making them warmer.
The above are the methods for reducing pig farming costs. Have you learned them? These methods were written for everyone after being organized by the editor, and I hope they can help more people. If you want to learn more related knowledge, please continue to follow Qinnong Web!