Pig-Farming Duo Leads Farmers onto the Road to Prosperity

"This year, I have handled more than 320 breeding pigs, and most of them have now farrowed, with at least 14 piglets per litter and a net benefit of more than 10,000 yuan per sow. This time we have come specially to express our thanks to Fanghui Company." A few days ago, Chengde Fanghui Breeding Co., Ltd. in Beiwushijiazi Town, Pingquan County, welcomed a group of special guests. They were Wu Guilan, a breeding pig broker from Ningcheng County, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, and large pig farmers from Chifeng City, who came with drums and gongs to present Fanghui Breeding Co., Ltd. with a banner reading "Sincere Cooperation, Win-Win Results."

"We have been cooperating with large pig farmers in Chifeng City for two years, and many people who bought our breeding pigs have made money," said Wang Zhifang, head of Fanghui Company. "The fact that our company's pigs are recognized by everyone is due on the one hand to the good quality of the breeding pigs, and on the other hand to the technical support of the county agriculture and animal husbandry bureau."

In March 2014, Chengde Fanghui Breeding Co., Ltd., in which Wang Zhifang invested nearly 25 million yuan, was officially put into production. At the beginning of production, he hesitated over the choice of breeding pigs. Later, he got in touch with Xiao Jianhui, a technician at the county agriculture and animal husbandry bureau. After analyzing the current market situation, he followed Xiao Jianhui's advice and selected only Landrace and Large White series breeding pigs imported from Canada. "Landrace and Large White series breeding pigs have the characteristics of fast growth, large litter size, strong adaptability and strong disease resistance, and are very suitable for raising in northern China," Wang Zhifang told the reporter.

"Bringing in the breeding pigs is only the first step; the key is to have good technology. In this regard, Technician Xiao Jianhui of the agriculture and animal husbandry bureau has helped us enormously," Wang Zhifang said. "There is no question about his technical skills, and more importantly, he is especially responsible. Whenever it involves technical matters, no matter whether it is windy or rainy, no matter whether the weather is good or bad, Technician Xiao is always ready to come whenever called." Because they often discuss technical issues, the two are frequently together, so local people now affectionately call them the "Pig-Farming Duo."

After more than two years of development, Chengde Fanghui Breeding Co., Ltd. has increasingly improved its equipment and technology. It now has 15 skilled workers and a modern factory building covering 45 mu with a floor area of 10,000 sq m. The factory building contains gestation pens, farrowing rooms, nursery pens and fattening pens, and can transport 3,500 purebred boars and sows and more than 6,000 commercial pigs each year to Chifeng, Chengde, Tangshan, Zunhua and other places, with an annual output value of more than 5 million yuan. Because the company's pigs are of good breed and good quality and its service is excellent, they are deeply favored by customers from all over, with rave reviews and a growing reputation. While developing itself, the company adopts the business model of "company + experts + farmers + base," radiating and driving 260 surrounding breeding households and giving them priority in a series of supporting services such as breeding pigs, semen and technology. Most importantly, the "Pig-Farming Duo" has also trained more than 200 farmer technicians among surrounding breeding households, driving the development of the local pig industry and helping farmers escape poverty and become prosperous.

Today, the cooperation of the "Pig-Farming Duo" is becoming ever closer. They work on the high quality of breeding pigs, devote effort to technical services, optimize breeding sources, raise the level of pig farming, and drive farming households to raise more pigs and raise good pigs. At present, the pollution control project for a large-scale pig farm built under the guidance of Technician Xiao Jianhui has been completed. The project adopts advanced domestic biogas technology and organic fertilizer production technology, so that more than 4 tons of manure and more than 80 tons of washing wastewater from the pig farm every day, after harmless treatment such as three-stage filtration and biological sedimentation, are turned from harm into treasure and become green organic fertilizer much loved by facility vegetable growers.