Small-scale pig farmers got badly cheated when selling pigs, and this kind of scam is truly hateful

As a very small-scale farmer, I have been raising pigs for several years now, and every time I sell pigs I use the traditional counterweight scale, the kind that weighs up to 1,000 jin, and I use it for selling pigs and mixing feed too. Seeing that many pig farmers nearby had started using electronic floor scales, my husband also bought a 600 kg electronic floor scale from the shop; when weighing, the number locks in within five seconds. This thing is convenient and quick for weighing pigs, and it cuts down a lot of arguments with pig dealers, but what worries me most is being interfered with by a pig dealer's remote control.

I looked up some articles online, and they said that an electronic scale can only be remotely controlled if the pig dealer has installed a receiver component on it. Here I want to ask my dear pig farmer friends what the real situation actually is. I would like teachers and pig farmer friends who have personal experience or know the real situation to talk about it, and also give all pig farmer friends a reference!

How do you know whether the electronic scale you use for weighing pigs has been remotely controlled by someone? Netizens mentioned 2 situations:

First trick: turn on a radio and tune it to low frequency, because the remote control also transmits on low frequency. When weighing, if you suddenly hear a rustling noise coming from the radio, you should start to think about it.

Second trick: place another electronic scale next to the electronic scale used for selling pigs, turn it on, and put a bag of feed on it; the scale head shows xx jin. Since feed is an inanimate object, the number shown on the scale head does not move. When weighing pigs, if you suddenly find that the jin number of the feed has decreased, it means your electronic scale has been remotely controlled. This is because when the pig dealer remotely controls the pig-weighing scale, it will also interfere with the other scale at the same time. I hope all us pig farmer friends will stay vigilant when selling pigs!

At the same time, when the overall trend is looking up, you must not be impatient when selling pigs. Raising a pig from a piglet to full size is not easy, and selling it cheap is a bad deal. At this time there are many people who want pigs, so just say your pigs are still small and to contact you again in two months. When you do want to sell, ask a small butcher who is honest and has few channels and little reach what price he can offer; on the basis of his offer, add 2-3 mao, and let him pick the best pigs. There is a fairly big difference in meat yield between good pigs and ordinary pigs, and after he does the math, it is still worth it for him. Selling pigs this way can block the openings for the many pig buyers trying to grab pigs, so you will not sell all the pigs at once, and you can also sell part of the pigs at a better price, reducing the risk of a volatile price drop, while also thinning out the pens and lowering the density.