Detailed Explanation of Fermentation Bed Pig Farming Technology and Video Tutorial

Fermentation bed pig farming works through the synergistic fermentation of bedding material and livestock manure, rapidly converting raw manure, urine and other farming waste, eliminating odors, and suppressing pests and pathogens. At the same time, beneficial microbial flora can synthesize bedding material and manure into sugars, proteins, organic acids, vitamins and other nutrients that livestock can eat, enhancing disease resistance and promoting healthy growth.

Characteristics of Fermentation Bed Pig Farming

1. Fermentation bed pig farming can reduce environmental pollution. There is no need to sweep and discharge pig manure, and no large amounts of flushing water are produced, so no waste or excrement is discharged from the pig farm, achieving a "zero discharge" standard for pollutants and greatly reducing the pollution of the pig farming industry to the environment.

2. It relatively saves labor. Since there is no need to clean manure, under conventional rearing, the number of pigs raised per worker can be increased.

3. Under normal conditions, it can save on medicine costs. After pigs eat the microbial bacteria, it helps digestion, saves part of the feed, and to a certain extent improves the resistance of the pig herd. In addition, fermentation bed pig farming reduces the use of drugs and at the same time reduces the problem of drug residues in pork.

4. It saves water and energy. Conventional pig farming requires large amounts of water for flushing, while this method only requires providing drinking water for the pigs, saving 80~90%% of water; the fermentation bed generates heat, so in winter the pig house does not need to consume coal or electricity for heating, saving energy costs.

5. According to promotional materials from commercial organizations, it can save feed. The principle is that manure provides rich nutrients to the bacteria, prompting beneficial bacteria to continuously reproduce and form bacterial protein. Pigs supplement nutrition by rooting and eating the bacterial protein in the bedding material at the bottom of the pen, so to a certain extent a portion of feed can be relatively saved.

6. After 3 years of use, the bedding material forms biological organic fertilizer that can be directly used for fruit trees and crops, achieving recycling and turning waste into treasure.

7. Pigs raised on fermentation beds have red and lustrous pork color, clear texture, and higher meat quality, which helps increase pork prices and market competitiveness.

Change of Mindset

Traditional farming causes very serious manure and urine pollution, which has a severe impact on the ground, air and water sources, and even affects human health. The Jilin Province Governor's hotline has also received a large number of similar pollution complaints. In addition, disease, food issues and farming profitability are all problems being faced. Only by changing farming thinking can one become wealthy through farming. Ecological farming is a farming technique that meets the needs of society.

Ecological Farming

"The promotion and use of ecological and environmentally friendly fermentation bed technology is a major innovation in the pig farming industry and an effective magic weapon for solving the three major problems of the pig farming industry.

1. The "Environmental Protection Gate": Pig manure and wastewater self-digest

By adopting the "zero discharge" pig farming technology of biological fermentation barns, the manure and urine from the pig farm are directly discharged into the bedding layer. Through microbial fermentation and decomposition and ammonia absorption and nitrogen fixation, the manure and urine are converted into organic fertilizer. The pig house does not produce odor or ammonia smell, and there is no need to flush the pig pen. Respiratory diseases caused by excessive ammonia from manure and urine and uneven hot and cold from flushing the pig farm are also greatly reduced, saving large amounts of equipment costs and manure and urine treatment costs. The pig farm benefits from producing organic fertilizer, and the organic fertilizer is in short supply. "Changing the pig farming method turns pig manure into treasure. It not only solves the problem of nowhere to discharge pollutants from pig farms, but also achieves multiple benefits at once, achieving a win-win-win for the economy, society and environmental protection. It is also a good project for increasing farmers' income and generating revenue."

2. The "Safety Gate": Guaranteeing pork safety

For biological fermentation barns, the first requirement is good air circulation in the pig house, and the stocking density is reasonably regulated according to the different seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter. As long as healthy piglets are selected and vaccinated according to the requirements of different weeks of age, after the stable period has passed, they enter the pig house that has already been fully fermented, and under normal circumstances there is no need for injections or medication. This is because the large mixed beneficial microbial flora in the fermentation bed can inhibit the invasion of various pathogens. There is no drug residue, and all indicators meet the requirements of "Pollution-Free Food Pork" (NY5029-2001).

3. The "Price Gate": Pig farming costs are further reduced

Introducing fermentation barn pig farming technology, especially applying microbial technology to the pig farming industry, greatly reduces overall costs: if ordinary feed is used, about 3.3 jin of feed can be converted into 1 jin of pork, but now 2.9 jin of feed can be converted into 1 jin of pork; drug input is reduced, and the epidemic prevention cost per pig drops from 50 yuan to 25 yuan; there is no need to install heat preservation lamps, and no need to clean pig manure every day, saving more than 80% of electricity and water.

How to Choose Fermentation Bed Pig Farming

First, choose a manufacturer that has technology, high credibility, and dares to sign contracts with farmers. The core technology of fermentation bed pig farming is the bacterial strain, and the quality of the strain directly affects the degradation efficiency of manure and urine in the pig house. Fermentation bed strains produced by inferior small miscellaneous-brand manufacturers generally after two or three months of operation easily cause "bad beds" or "dead beds" in which most or even all of the strains are wiped out, and the entire fermentation bed is scrapped. Users suffer heavy losses, and the credibility of dealers and manufacturers is greatly damaged. High-quality fermentation bed strains are natural composite microbial flora that have been cultured, screened, purified and rejuvenated. Fermentation beds have already been promoted on a large scale in thirty provinces and cities across the country, and have already gained very good credibility among the vast number of farmers. Such good promotion results rely on high-quality fermentation bed strains.

Second, choose a fermentation bed that is easy to operate, easy to manage, and simple to maintain. Some fermentation bed manufacturers must add salt, nutrient solution, soil and water when making the fermentation bed, and must pile and ferment in advance, which wastes large amounts of manpower, material resources and financial resources, is inconvenient to learn and promote, and is inconvenient to distribute. Moreover, because fermentation has already been started in advance, the working life of the strain is greatly shortened, and phenomena such as dead beds and bad beds are extremely likely to occur. Be sure to choose fermentation bed strains that no longer need added strains during use and do not require adding substances such as brown sugar and salt during production.

Finally, choose one that is "moderately and correctly publicized." There should be appropriate media coverage. If advertising and publicity cannot be seen in newspapers, magazines, websites and various other media, and if users or ordinary people say they have never heard of it when asked, then this manufacturer or product may be new or very ordinary, and generally speaking, its reliability is not as good as that of well-known brand products. Of course, one should not one-sidedly believe the exaggerated or deceptive publicity of certain illegal small newspapers and magazines. Be sure to pay attention to identifying strain manufacturers by capturing authoritative report video footage, and choose a good brand to avoid worries or major losses.

Advantages of Fermentation Bed Pig Farming

Thin bedding: only 50 cm is needed, saving half the cost. There is no need to additionally add any activators, nutrient solutions, water, soil, salt, etc., making it easy to control and maintain and greatly reducing the labor intensity and auxiliary material cost of making the bed. No manure, ammonia, etc. "High technology" makes pig farming truly relaxed, effortless and extremely easy to succeed. No synchronous fermentation is needed. Being empty for one or two months has no effect.

1. Please build the fermentation bed according to standards

① Orientation: The pen structure should preferably face south, and in the Hunan region, about 9° south by west is best.

② Wall height and span: The pig house eave height is 2.6-3.5 m, and the pen span is preferably 9-13 m.

③ Single pen area: It is best controlled between 20-40 sq m; too large or too small is not good.

④ Pens should be separated directly by fences, which helps ventilation inside the pens.

⑤ Windows: Build 4 types of windows: skylights, ground windows, fan windows, and ordinary windows.

⑥ The roof should be equipped with thermal insulation material (such as foam) because summer is too hot.

⑦ Feed troughs and drinkers: Automatic feed troughs and automatic drinkers can be used. The nozzle of the automatic drinker must not face the fermentation bed, to prevent water sprayed from the drinker from soaking the fermentation bed bedding.

⑧ A concrete platform should be left inside the pen. The width of the concrete platform is 1.8-2 m. The south is suitable for this method. The north may leave no concrete platform.

2. Standardize introduction of breeding stock. Farmers should adhere to self-breeding and self-raising, and minimize purchasing piglets from outside. If they really must purchase from outside, they must purchase from safe areas free of disease. After purchase, first place them in an observation pen for observation and feeding for more than 28 days. During this period, according to the immunization situation, inject proper good vaccines and deworm internal and external parasites, while eliminating stress. Wait until the pigs are normal in spirit, feed intake, and excretion in all aspects, then release them into the pen. Wrong practice: believing that the fermentation bed is an all-purpose bed and a disinfection bed, and directly putting foreign pigs onto the fermentation bed for raising without any isolation and observation treatment. This practice is extremely risky.

3. Feeding management. In the early days, fermentation beds were once mistakenly

publicized as the "lazy man's pig farming method." A fermentation bed is by no means lazy-man pig farming. The maintenance of a fermentation bed has a standardized process:

① Bedding management. For some pigs that do not like to root, manure should be buried under the bedding, and at the same time the bedding should be regularly turned over and buried.

② Moisture management. In addition to preventing excessive moisture, the fermentation bed must also prevent the bedding from being too dry and dusty. If the bedding is too fine and too dry, water should be sprayed, based on the standard that pigs do not raise dust when walking.

③ Ventilation management. The fermentation bed must be well ventilated. The pen generally faces south, with slightly higher terrain, complete "four windows," a floor height of no less than 3.5 m, and a thermal insulation layer on the roof.

④ Disinfection management. Before purchased pigs enter the fermentation bed, strict isolation and disinfection procedures must be carried out.

4. Environmentally safe fermentation bed pig house

The environmentally safe fermentation-type pig house is one of the environmentally safe livestock and poultry houses. Its characteristic is that a space electric field air purification and epidemic prevention facility is installed in an ordinary fermentation bed pig house. This facility causes the number of microbial aerosols in the entire house to fluctuate within a very low concentration range, and directly converts part of the airborne microorganisms and microbial aerosols into vaccine substances. Pigs in this environment can obtain automatic immunity, and there is less pig disease.