Why doesn't it make money to raise pigs when the price of pork is high?

There are many factors that cause farmers to raise pigs not to make money. At present, the main reasons for the low efficiency caused by small-scale pig farming in rural areas, especially farmers, are as follows:

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1. The variety is poor. Many farmers are used to raising native hybrid pigs, but they are easy to spread diseases and increase feed consumption, and the meat quality is poor, which can not meet the needs of consumers for new and superior quality, and there is a big difference between raising a native hybrid pig and raising a crossbred pig. At least the income of each pig is more than 100 yuan less.

2. The feed is single. The raw materials in the feed formula of pigs are uneven or the formula is unreasonable, and there is a lack of some necessary protein feed or other nutrients needed by pigs, resulting in an increase in feed-to-meat ratio and a decrease in feed returns. Pigs are fed with a mixture with a feed-to-meat ratio of 2.8 or 3:1, while farmers feed pigs with a single corn or rice, which consumes 6-7 kg of corn or rice for every 1 kg weight gain.

3. No emphasis should be placed on epidemic prevention. Some pig farmers are so lucky that even the most common infectious diseases of pigs are unwilling to vaccinate them. Although some farmers will pay attention to some infectious diseases with high mortality and loss, they often ignore those diseases with low mortality and mild clinical symptoms. However, although these chronic diseases do not cause death, they greatly affect the slow development and growth of pigs caused by the incomplete absorption and utilization of feed.

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4. Neglect of deworming. Frequent contact with the ground and feeding with green and raw materials can easily infect pigs with parasitic diseases such as ascariasis. In particular, ascaris parasites in the small intestine of pigs can cause Ascaris pneumonia, enteritis, intestinal obstruction, intestinal ascariasis and other diseases. If the symptoms are mild, the growth of pigs will be blocked, stunted or form stiff pigs, and the weight gain rate will be reduced by 30%. Severe cases will cause death.

5. The storage time is too long. It is uneconomical for pigs not to come out of the pen when they are raised to 100 kilograms. It grows fast in the early stage, and then grows slowly after the peak period, and then grows slowly, and even stagnates. When the weight of pigs exceeds 100 kilograms, the feed reward will be reduced. And the growth maintenance of pigs is greatly increased. If you do not get out of the pen in time, the compensation will be even more.