Specific methods and technical key points of raising pigs with tea

Tea has always been a unique beverage plant with a long history, but in fact tea is not only for drinking. It also has some other uses, such as the now-emerging method of raising pigs with tea. Pigs raised with tea taste better. Actually, so-called tea pig farming does not mean letting pigs eat tea directly, but adding tea components to the feed and feeding them together. Please continue reading below for the specific methods.

1. Farming benefits

Raising pigs with tea components can increase the pigs' disease resistance, increase the nucleic acid content in pork, and reduce the cholesterol content in pork. This can naturally make the pork taste more delicious. Feeding pigs with tea dust also has the effect of shortening the fattening period. The farming cost is relatively low, and there is no restriction on the type of tea; you can grow some yourself. There are no adverse reactions in farming. Tea can reduce the gamey smell of pork.

2. Feeding method

Mix pig feed with tea fragrance, and also add cornmeal, grain husks, soybean cake, and the like. It is best to add green tea powder to feed the pigs. You only need to prepare the feed that pigs normally eat, then add tea. You can add used tea leaves, preferably after grinding, or boil them and use the tea water to cook the feed. Either way can achieve the effect.

3. Farming results

Kagoshima Prefecture in Japan used tea to raise pigs many years ago. After farming, it was found that the gamey smell in the pork decreased, the vitamin C content increased, and the inosinic acid that pork should contain was much higher than in ordinarily raised pigs. Previously, Nanjing Agricultural University also used tea to raise pigs. Research found that pigs can also absorb and make use of the various nutrients in tea.

4. Farming cost

Using tea that people drink is too expensive, so generally purchased tea residue is used, which is not expensive. You can buy it from tea farmers when tea comes on the market, usually for a few cents per jin. So the cost is not high. If you collect used tea leaves, it is rather inconvenient. It is best to go to tea-producing areas to buy coarse tea, tea stems, and scraps.

Tea pig farming is suitable for farmers in tea-growing areas to use this method. The benefits and effects of tea farming have also been practiced by some people. But perhaps because there is no large-scale tea material, not many people know about it, so there are fewer people raising pigs this way.