How Do You Build a Modern Ecological Pig-Raising Greenhouse? A Detailed Explanation of the Key Construction Points
With today's social development and technological progress, the question of where our pig-farming industry should go is no longer something we can deliberate over or choose; building resource-efficient, pollution-free ecological pig farms has become the only path for the development of the pig-farming industry. All that lies before every one of us in the trade is simply to think carefully about and explore how to put it into practice. Below, let us take a look together at how to build a modern ecological pig-raising greenhouse!
The Current State of the Modern Pig-Farming Industry
Pig farming inputs are housing and equipment, feed, water, labor, energy such as coal, electricity and oil, and drugs and instruments for disease prevention and control (all of which consume resources directly or indirectly); the products are breeding pigs and meat pigs; and the waste is manure, urine and sewage, stench, harmful gases, dust and microorganisms (improper treatment and use will inevitably cause serious environmental pollution).
Construction of an Ecological Pig-Raising Greenhouse
Whether the ecological bed works well is also related to the construction of the pig house. Generally, the pig house is required to run east-west and face south, since such a pen gets good light, which favors fermentation, and it can be left open on the north and south sides, making it suitable for good ventilation, with no smell and no mosquitoes or flies. If you build it as a greenhouse farming model with low investment, low cost, quick results and quick conversion to other uses, then it is both less trouble and less money. That is because a greenhouse costs little and its microclimate is easier to regulate. In winter it captures light well and keeps warm, so the pigs can overwinter safely; in summer you put a sunshade on the roof and roll up the skirt film all around, which allows ventilation and cooling. Generally, backyard raisers can keep things simple: dig down 50-90 cm below ground level, fill it with organic bedding, and then put the pigs in.
1. Pig house: The pig house is generally 4-6 m wide and 8-20 m long, with posts 1.8-2 m high and a roof height of about 3 m. It faces south, and the roof should be well designed for thermal insulation so as to keep warmth in winter and block heat in summer. The roof is fitted with windows that can be opened and closed freely, sunlight can fall on one third of the entire pig-bed area, and the north and south walls can have large windows or use roller blinds, so that from sunrise to sunset every corner of the pig bed can be reached by sunlight; in this way the microorganisms inside the pig house can grow and multiply appropriately. If the greenhouse model is used, the pig-raising greenhouse generally has a span of 4-5 m and a length of 20-25 m, the surrounding railings are 1.0-1.2 m high, the supports for the greenhouse can be built from materials such as hollow bricks, and the shed height is generally 2.7-3.0 m. Materials such as steel bars and cement may be chosen, with the top covered by plastic film, woven fabric, straw curtains, etc. No walls are set around the greenhouse: in summer it is effectively a cool shed, and in winter, once the plastic film is lowered, it becomes a warm pen, warm in winter and cool in summer, providing the pigs with a good growing environment.
2. Pig pen: Usually each pig pen has a net area of about 25 sq m and can raise 15-20 meat pigs. Generally each pig occupies 1.2-1.5 sq m. Dig down 50-90 cm below ground level.
Characteristics of the Ecological Pig-Farming Industry
1. Green products: The products that ecological pig farming provides people are pollution-free, residue-free, healthy and hygienic.
2. Harmless production: The entire production process of ecological pig farming produces no pollutants harmful to the environment. Animal manure, urine and sewage and other waste are converted into useful resources. Ecological pig farming does not pollute the environment, and the environment does not pollute pig farming.
3. Systematic resources: Various resources are combined systematically to form an efficient biological production system centered on pigs, so that natural resources and socioeconomic resources are rationally and fully used.
4. Biological diversity: Besides considering the pig as an animal, ecological pig farming also fully considers many other organisms. As for the pigs themselves, breed diversity is likewise maintained.
Summary: Under the current state of China's pig-farming industry and the trends of social development, only by building ecological pig farms, doing a good job of pig-raising greenhouse construction, and taking the road of a resource-efficient, pollution-free circular economy model can raisers raise the technological content of pig farming, improve pig-farming production levels, product quality and safety, and create higher economic, environmental and social benefits. In the end, they will set foot on the path to true success.