Which is more profitable next year: raising pigs, cattle, or sheep? Here comes the market analysis

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Pig farming, cattle farming, and sheep farming can be said to be the three giants of our country's farming industry, and they also occupy half of the subsidies, while at the same time being the disaster zone for many new farmers. These three industries also have different fates, yet their market conditions are worlds apart. Some people catch the good times and make a fortune, while others catch the trough and lose everything. So, when should you enter? How do you grasp the relevant policies? You need to do your homework in advance.Among these three, which one has the best farming prospects in the future?

I. Prospects for sheep farming

More and more people are eating mutton now. The protein content of mutton is higher than that of other meats, and it is an ideal meat that is low in fat and low in cholesterol, in short supply on the market. Sheepskin and wool are also raw materials for the light textile industry. In addition, sheep mainly eat coarse feed, so the feeding cost is low. Our country's grain utilization rate is high, while the utilization efficiency of crop straw is relatively low, which also provides convenient conditions for sheep farming.

Prospect forecast:

In the long term, the sheep farming market is still relatively stable. However, sheep farming requires large investment and shows slow results. If you want to obtain stable profits, the management requirements are relatively high. Especially with the peak purchasing period at the end of the year, plus the reform of the farming industry, the trend for sheep farming next year will be stable.

II. Prospects for beef cattle farming

The beef cattle market has always been favored, for 4 reasons:

1. Rising demand: As people's living standards continue to improve, the demand for beef is increasing day by day. Due to factors such as rising prices, the tight supply and demand pattern for beef will continue, and prices will remain high;

2. Relatively little competition: Beef cattle farming does not compete with people for grain, nor with grain for land;

3. Much policy support: In addition to farming subsidies, you can also enjoy subsidies for straw utilization;

4. High feed utilization rate: The conversion rate also ranks first among livestock, and the cost is relatively low.

Prospect forecast:

Beef cattle farming will not be too bad in the future. At the very least, cattle farms raising breeding cattle or breeding and raising their own cattle will be relatively stable; as for fattening cattle, it may be a little less optimistic. Considering the policy situation next year, the farming industry will usher in a new trend. Friends engaged in beef cattle farming can focus on policy developments.

III. Prospects for pig farming

In 2016, pig prices went from low to high, and then slowly fell by early 2017. The strange cycle of the "pig cycle" struck again, and with the introduction of the ban on farming, it seemed to make the pig farming industry hard to move forward.

However, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, pig prices will rise slightly in the second half of the year. For example, pig prices rose slightly in July this year.

But the price of any product depends on two core factors: supply and demand, and policy. From the current point of view, the pig farming industry has generally entered a stage of slow development. Under the rigid constraints of environmental protection, the layout of production areas is shifting from the east to the north and major grain-producing areas.

Prospect forecast:

When developing the pig farming industry, focus should be placed on leveraging cost advantages and building high-standard farming bases that combine planting and raising; making leading processing enterprises bigger and stronger to connect production and sales; strengthening the construction of a improved breeding system to ensure the supply of breeding stock; and exploring scientific models for pig farming. Ecological pig farming is the future direction of development. Deep-mountain pig farming is ecological free-range raising, letting pigs forage freely in the mountains, drink spring water, and their manure can nourish the plants in the mountains, forming a good ecological balance with the environment.

In 2018, the farming industry will face drastic reform. For friends engaged in the farming industry, the real problem is how exactly should farming be done? What new policies will there be in the farming industry in the future? What major changes will there be in industry development? What new opportunities will there be? I also hope that today's analysis can give everyone a more comprehensive answer. If you find it useful, you are welcome to share it.

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