How to reduce the feeding cost of pigs

How to reduce the cost of raising pigs, check the feeding procedure and improve it. It is important to keep in mind that good feeding procedures involve several key points. These points include: monitoring the growth performance of pigs. Choose feed raw materials. Make a formula. Implement a set of quality control procedures. Monitor the cost, and reduce feed waste and so on. Here are some tips for improving the economic benefits of the feeding process.

1. Breeding crossbred pigs is one of the effective measures to improve pig production. In modern pig production in China, most of them use three-way hybrid pigs.

2. Seek all kinds of feed materials to meet the nutritional needs of pigs, including amino acids. Minerals. Vitamins and energy. This leaves a variety of options, such as using base mixtures instead of concentrates, or replacing corn with wheat flour. Grease. Yellow rice or DDGS (corn processing distillate with filtrate). It may also be necessary to replace part of the soybean meal with meat and bone meal or crystalline amino acids. When choosing different raw materials, you should choose feed materials according to certain criteria, such as the lysine level of the diet, and then choose the feed raw materials according to this standard.

3. According to the actual situation and the service quality of suppliers, we should adopt full-price materials realistically. Concentrated material. Base mixture or premix.

4. To ensure that the nutrients in the diet just meet the needs of pigs, unless the extra part can improve the feed conversion efficiency. Gain weight every day. The role of reproductive performance or carcass quality. Some producers always add unnecessary. It does not help to improve production performance, or add too many trace elements and vitamins.

5. Adjust the diet according to the current production conditions. The level of various nutrients should be neither more nor less. It is necessary to master the fat-free lean weight gain rate of pigs. Feed intake and 21-day-old litter weight and other indicators, according to these indicators to accurately adjust the diet formula. About how to measure the growth performance of pigs and determine the nutritional requirements according to the growth performance.

6. Be careful not to provide excessive nutrients to pigs whose body weight reaches 86kg. Pigs consume 1/3 of the total feed at this stage, but lean weight gain has declined by this time.

7. Feed according to the budget, after feeding a certain amount of each kind of diet, lower the dietary nutrient concentration and gradually reduce the dietary nutrition level according to the plan, instead of guessing the pig's weight and then preparing the diet according to the body weight.

8. According to sex, the amino acid requirement of castrated boars was lower than that of sows, especially after the body weight reached 36kg.

9. Feeding in stages, feeding 7 different diets at least in 7 stages from weaning to market.

10. Carefully evaluate the economic benefits of adding growth-promoting antibiotics in the growth-fattening stage. Consider how much it costs to add antibiotics and how much production performance is improved, whether it is cost-effective.

11. The average diameter of dietary crushed particles should be controlled between 650 and 750 microns. When the particle diameter is reduced by 100 microns, the feed conversion efficiency increases by 1.2%. With a 1.2% increase in feed conversion efficiency, each pig can earn an extra $0.50. If you have not measured the feed particle size for half a year, it is recommended that you send the feed sample to the laboratory for analysis now.

12. Update the breeding population in time and adopt boars and sows with higher lean meat percentage. It takes four times more energy to produce fat than to produce lean meat.

13. Improve the health status of pigs. If nutrition is used to fight disease, then it can no longer be used to gain weight and become a waste. All in and all out is a good way to ensure the health of pigs.

14. A set of procedures for euthanasia for pigs should be developed and existing euthanasia procedures should be discussed with veterinarians and staff. Pigs with low production performance will only consume a large amount of feed and increase the cost of medication. Such pigs should be euthanized and eliminated.

15. Partnering with other pig farms to buy feed in bulk, so you can get a discount on the price. Focus on the performance of the pigs. If measures on feed materials or feeding strategies do not improve the performance of pigs, do not consider them.

16. Investigate the feasibility of buying raw materials for bulk feed and consider not using bagged raw materials.

17. Consider processing the feed into pellets. The feed conversion efficiency of corn or yellow rice-soybean diet can be increased by 5% to 8% after granulation. The increase in efficiency brought about by feed granulation can often offset the increase in costs caused by the rise in feed prices.

18. It is necessary to set realistic feed cost targets and understand the feed conversion efficiency of pigs. Gain weight every day. The feed cost per unit carcass or pork, as well as the output per unit feed cost. In short, identify as many indicators as possible and use them to determine what else can be improved. Feed self-made feed according to different types of pigs. Due to the differences in the quality of nutrients needed by pigs in the growth stage and the nutritional composition characteristics of various raw materials, a variety of raw materials were prepared into full-price materials, the nutrition was comprehensive and not wasted, and the feed-weight ratio was reduced. At the same time, we should pay attention to the supply of adequate drinking water, water shortage will significantly affect the appetite of pigs. Digestion and normal growth, thus reducing the utilization rate of feed.

19. Adjust the feeder frequently to avoid feed waste. In general, the feed should not exceed 50% of the tray capacity.

20. It should be noted that minimizing the feed cost per unit carcass does not mean achieving the highest benefit. In other words, the nutrition scheme that benefits most cannot be determined by the indicator of feed cost per carcass. In order to accurately formulate nutrition programs, it is necessary to consider the overall costs and benefits and make a local budget.

Strive to communicate frankly with feed suppliers. When something goes wrong, frank communication helps to solve the problem.

Establish a set of quality control procedures, regardless of whether feed or feed materials are purchased from outside or grown by yourself. Self-made and mixed. The key physical properties and nutritional indicators of diet and feed raw materials should be monitored.

23. Consider setting the price of feed raw materials in advance in order to control price risk (for example, through forward basis contracts. Formula price contract. Option contract. Futures contract or forward cash contract, etc.)

24. Formulate certain procedures for the purchase and transportation of feed and feed raw materials in order to minimize the risk of disease transmission in this link.

25. Some information is important for developing a feeding strategy, but it is uncertain, in which case it can be carefully selected. Well-designed production tests to obtain this information.

26. Estimate the total cost of self-produced feed (fixed cost plus operating cost) and compare it with the purchase of feed. For some pig farms, their own production may not be cost-effective, because the cost of commissioned processing is much lower.

27. Walking the biological chain: pig manure is used to feed fly maggots. Earthworm. The leftovers of fly maggots are used to feed earthworms. Then the foot material of earthworms will become pollution-free organic fertilizer. It can be used to grow pollution-free vegetables. Fly maggots and earthworms can be used to raise pigs. Chicken. Duck. A goose. Ricefield eel. Loach. The use of pig manure can reduce the feeding cost. Self-made feed can reduce feed cost. If you make use of all these, the cost of pigs will be reduced and it will be easier to make money.