Pig farm odor too strong, how to solve it? Practical deodorizing methods shared

Smelly pig pens have become the norm nowadays, but a pig pen that smells too strongly will have a serious impact on pig growth. In fact, it is now possible through various means to make pig pens no longer so smelly. So from which aspects can the odor of a pig pen be regulated, so that pigs also have a good living environment? Let's learn about it together with Qinnong.com below.

1. Deodorizing through feeding

The main reason a pig pen smells so bad is still excessive ammonia emissions. First, the dilution rate of the feed can be increased to enhance the pigs' absorption capacity and reduce the amount of waste they excrete, so naturally less ammonia will be released. Second, some agents can be added to the feed to inhibit ammonia emissions. For example, adding enzyme preparations can improve the pigs' ability to absorb ammonia, thereby achieving the effect of reducing ammonia production; adding zeolite can effectively allow ammonia to be absorbed within the pigs' bodies, so that the ammonia excreted afterward will not have such a pungent smell.

2. Ventilation and air flow

Ventilating pig pens is a deodorizing method everyone knows, but people often find that even with vents and windows open, the smell in the pig pen has not faded much. A major reason for this is that the vents are opened too high or there is no wind flow. The vents of a pig pen should not be opened too high, as this is not conducive to air circulation and exchange. Second, when there is no wind, you can prepare high-power fans for ventilation. Sometimes you can also appropriately spray some water vapor, which can effectively absorb odors in the air.

3. Adding bedding

Putting some bedding down when raising pigs is a very old habit, but with the expansion of pig farming, many people no longer put bedding in pig pens for convenience. In fact, the presence of bedding still has certain value. It can prevent pigs from direct contact with the ground, maintain their body temperature, and also cool pigs in summer. It also has a very good effect on deodorizing. You can choose materials with strong adsorption such as straw as bedding. According to data, the ammonia concentration in pig pens with straw as bedding is about 40% lower than in those without it.

4. Fermentation bed farming

This is a farming method that has emerged in recent years. It was originally intended to solve the problem of pig manure, and later people found that under such farming conditions, the odor in pig pens is obviously much lower than in other farming models. This is because the pig pens in fermentation bed farming contain some processed bedding, and pig manure is quickly decomposed after being excreted, so before these odors have time to spread, they are decomposed. In this way, the smell inside the pig pen certainly will not be very pungent.

The above are some solutions for deodorizing pig pens. In fact, in the final analysis, it is enough to just keep things sanitary and clean. If daily cleaning is done well, naturally the smell will not be so strong. Everyone should pay more attention to the daily sanitation of pig pens. Under the same farming techniques, pigs in clean, odorless pig pens will be about 10% fatter than those in poorly sanitized and strongly odorous ones.