There is a way to save feed by raising pigs with skills.

Feed accounts for 70% of the cost of raising pigs, and how to save the cost of feed is the topic that pig farmers are most concerned about. in reality, pig farmers explore a variety of ways to save feed costs.

1. Full price materials

Benefits: increased utilization

Disadvantages: it is not convenient to add drugs.

Zhang Qingyi, partner of Kaiping Fengrun Pig Farm, attaches great importance to the status of feed in pig farming. He believes that the use of full-price material is better than premix, although the unit price of premix may be cheaper, but its utilization rate is much lower. In the same formula, the full utilization rate of premix is 8% lower than that of full-price material. Fengrun pig farm itself, for example, after changing from premix to full-price feed in 2007, the monthly feed consumption was reduced from 300 tons to 240 tons, and the total cost was greatly reduced.

He also said that at present, the ratio of feed to meat in Fengrun pig farms can reach 2.4, while the ratio of feed to meat in general pig farms is generally 3.0. In this way, the feed cost of each pig from 30jin to 210jin in Fengrun pig farm can be controlled at 660yuan, plus the pig seedling cost 250yuan and labor cost 50 yuan, the cost of each listed pig is 960yuan. The general cost of a pig with the same weight of 210jin on the market is 1080 yuan. It can be said that the use of full-price materials has a great advantage in cost.

Zhang Qingyi pointed out that the Fengrun pig farm uses raw material expanded feed, which has its unique advantages. First of all, after the feed raw material is extruded, the flavor and palatability are increased, which can stimulate the appetite of pigs. And after puffing, the long chain of organic matter such as protein and fat becomes short chain, which makes it easier to digest. At the same time, it reduces the content of bacteria, mold and fungi in raw materials, reduces the risk of disease in pigs, and reduces the addition of various drug ingredients.

Tang Jicheng of Lianhua Pig Farm in Zhaoqing believes that the process of granulation, processing and packaging of full-price materials also has both advantages and disadvantages. on the one hand, it can promote pigs to digest and absorb more effectively, avoid partial feeding, and improve feed returns. But on the other hand, in the process of processing, it is also easy to cause the loss of vitamins and other active ingredients, and it is difficult to accurately judge the degree of loss to supplement.

2. Premix

Pros: formula can be adjusted quickly

Disadvantages: high ratio of feed to meat

Xie Guoming, owner of Zengcheng Mingwang pig farm, admits that meat is not as good as the full price of premix. His pig farm uses premix, and the ratio of feed to meat is about 3.0, but he feels that the advantage of premix in unit price can make up for the disadvantage in feed to meat ratio. According to his calculation, the average premix he uses is about 1.3 yuan / jin, and the feed-meat ratio is 3.0. According to the feed cost from 30 jin of piglets to 210 jin of big pigs, the feed cost is 1.3 × 3 × = 702 yuan, which is about the same as the full price.

Xie Guoming points out that the biggest advantage of premix is that pig farms can adjust the formula at any time according to the actual situation of pigs. For example, recently, hot weather has affected the appetite of pigs, so he will add several Chinese herbs to the feed to improve the taste of the feed. "if you find a problem in the morning, you can adjust the feed formula in the afternoon." He believes that it is impossible to do this with full-price materials, unless it is a super-large pig farm, and he has built a full-price feed production line, so that the feed formula can be adjusted at any time.

Xie Dengyang, president of the Sihui City Pig raising Association, said that most local pig farms use premix, mainly because they do not dare to trust the raw materials of the manufacturers. In case something goes wrong, they cannot afford to lose money. Sometimes, farmers buy corn, soybean meal and other raw materials to match the premix, the overall cost is higher than the full price, but the Chinese things are quite special, it is difficult to trust others. He said, for example, that a salesman from a full-price material factory once asked him to see a doctor for a customer's pig, and he found that it was caused by aflatoxin, and it was obvious that there was something wrong with the raw material of the factory's full-price material, but the salesman himself did not know that there was something wrong with the raw material of his own factory, which made it even more difficult for farmers to believe that the full-price material provided by the factory. He hopes that the market is mature in the future and will be able to form a processing model of supplied materials such as abroad, and if farmers need any feed, manufacturers will be able to make reassuring products for farmers.

A prescription for feed enterprises, who spoke on condition of anonymity, believes that pig farms, especially some small and medium-sized pig farms, are basically difficult to carry out quality inspection of the purchased feed raw materials, especially the current mycotoxin pollution of corn and some miscellaneous meals is often difficult to detect.

III. Biological fermented feed

Benefit: can improve the intestinal environment

Disadvantages: the effect is unstable.

Li Huowen, owner of Sanshui Bole Farm, is also worried about the quality of full-price materials, especially at a time when raw material prices fluctuate greatly. He analyzed that it is very common for raw materials to rise by 100 yuan per ton, and it is 4 yuan to spread evenly to each packet of feed, but manufacturers generally adjust feed prices by up to 1 yuan per pack, and any more will seriously affect sales. However, the extra 3 yuan manufacturers can not be lost in vain, reducing the quality of full-price materials has become an inevitable choice.

However, he believes that there is a problem with full-price materials, and the use of general premixes also has to face the reality of rising raw materials, but it is absolutely impossible for pig farmers to treat their own pigs badly, and the materials they should use are still used, but it is followed by an increase in the cost of raising pigs. The feed must be improved in order to raise pigs well.

Li Huowen's method of improving feed is to use self-made biological fermented feed to gradually replace traditional feed. The bio-fermented feed he uses is made by adding microbial strains to corn-soybean meal substitutes such as cornstalks. He said that the gastrointestinal environment of pigs will be greatly improved after eating this kind of biological fermented feed. He made a vivid analogy. The gastrointestinal environment is like the social environment. If you want to make the society stable, the police must outnumber the underworld. Similarly, after eating the biological fermented feed, the number of active and beneficial bacteria in the intestinal tract can be greatly increased, thus suppressing the number of other harmful bacteria. The intestinal environment is naturally better.

Biological fermented feed not only improves the intestinal environment, but also tastes sweet and palatable because it is more in line with the natural characteristics of pigs. Pig farms have conducted experiments in the hottest three months of 789, and pigs that usually reduce their feed intake in this hot weather have increased their feed intake by 15%. Li Huowen also pointed out that only by eating enough food, the milk production of sows will be sufficient and the health of piglets can be guaranteed.

At the same time, substitutes for corn and soybean meal used in biologically fermented feed can reduce costs. based on the consumption of one ton of feed a year for a sow, a sow can save 300-350 yuan. at present, Li Huowen keeps 1000 sows on his pig farm, which can save more than 300000 yuan.

Liu Zhenan, deputy director of Boluo County Jingu Feed Co., Ltd., also believes that the use of bio-fermented feed is one of the effective ways to improve feed utilization. At present, the feed utilization rate of ordinary pigs is about 65% Murray 70%. The more you eat, the greater the waste. The biological fermented feed is the use of a variety of decomposing enzymes, a variety of beneficial microorganisms with commonly used pig feed, such as corn, soybean meal, wheat husk, etc., to decompose the feed materials into nutrients that are easy to absorb. The experimental results show that the feed utilization rate can be increased to 80% Mel 85% by using bio-fermented feed.

IV. Accurate formulation by stages

Pros: can greatly reduce costs

Disadvantages: piggery is not applicable.

Qin Yinglin, general manager of Henan Muyuan Food Co., Ltd., believes that in addition to making efforts on the composition of the feed itself, it is also important to adjust the feed formula according to different stages of pig breeding.

He said Muyuan should make accurate formulations for pigs at any stage, which can greatly reduce feed costs. They have made a great breakthrough in this respect. Soybean meal-free diets can be used in the later stage of fattening pigs and pregnant sows. They began to try the two recipes in 2003, and made an experimental comparison. Compared with the classic corn-soybean meal diet, when the price of soybean meal was high, the feed cost per pig decreased by as much as 128. the feed ratio of the whole group was maintained at about 3:1. In addition, in 2006, they launched Muyuan's own unique pig nutrition system, which successfully reduced the feed cost per pig by 100-150 yuan.

However, some pig farm owners have questioned that the method of stage-by-stage accurate formula can only be used in large pig enterprises, and small and medium-sized pig farms can achieve the stages of suckling pig-piglet-middle pig-big pig-sow. It is difficult to refine each stage like the original company.