How to reduce the cost of raising pigs?

Pig is a common farming industry in rural areas, but different farmers have different costs and profits. So, how to reduce the cost of raising pigs? Get more economic benefits? Let's get to know it together.

1. Seed selection and disease prevention

When breeding on a large scale, we should select the breeding breed and observe the appearance of the breeding pig. With the pig breed with long waist, broad forechest, good body mass, strong limbs and good appetite, such breeding pigs are very simple to raise and can save a lot of trouble. Under normal feeding and management, the body weight can reach about 95 kilograms in about 4 months, and the physiological period can be shortened by 30-40 days. Vaccination should be done well in spring and autumn every year. Prevent pigs from being infected with classical swine fever, swine lung disease and other infectious diseases, reduce treatment costs and feed costs, and expand breeding benefits.

2. Rational separation and cultivation

When piglets grow to about 2 months old, they should be properly separated and raised to provide sufficient growth space for each pig. there should be no more than 3 piglets per pigsty, so as to prevent piglets from chasing and playing with each other, consuming physical energy and increasing feed costs. sows should also be separated and raised in time after pregnancy to prevent abortion caused by sows injury. during the empty pregnancy stage of sows and about 3 months before pregnancy, feed should be controlled. Reducing intensive feeding and separate breeding is the key to ensure the normal growth of each pig, which can ensure the normal absorption of nutrients and reduce the breeding cost.

3. Castration and mating

When breeding boars grow to about 35 days, they should be castrated in time. Timely castration can advance the time of oestrus, effectively increase the body weight of boars, and accelerate the healing speed of castration wounds. Early castration can increase the weight by about 16% compared with normal castrated boars at two months, which can effectively improve the efficiency of breeding, and then weaning as early as possible. Piglets with about two months of weaning try to advance the weaning time by about 42 days. Early weaning can promote early estrus, shorten the empty period of sows and reduce feed consumption.

4. Deworming and nourishing the stomach

It is necessary to start deworming when the piglets grow to two months, and then every two and a half months or so. During the deworming, the amount of insect repellent should be controlled according to the weight of the pig, and the insect repellent should be mixed into the feed for live pigs to take. It is also necessary to observe the growth of pigs and prepare insect repellents according to different insect pests. If there is no timely deworming, it will do great harm to the growth of live pigs. For example, if Ascaris lumbricoides is produced in pigs, it will seriously affect the gastrointestinal function of pigs, cause a variety of diseases, and increase the cost of disease treatment.

The above is how to reduce the cost of raising pigs. I hope it can help the farmers!