Chongqing Tongliang: give up high income and resign to raise wild boar

Three years ago, an Luhai, a college student in Shiyu Town, Tongliang County, resigned from an electric power company and returned to his hometown to set up a wild boar farm. Chongqing Evening News reporter learned yesterday that due to good management, an Luhai's farm ushered in a bumper harvest this year, and his personal annual net income is expected to exceed 500000 yuan.

Lu Hai, 25 years old, is a native of Yantian Village, Shiyu Town, Tongliang County. In July 2007, he graduated from university majoring in electrical engineering and automation and worked as a technician in an electric power company in Sichuan Province with a considerable income. That being the case, why did he go back to his hometown to raise wild boars?

An Luhai told the Chongqing Evening News that after a year of work, he gradually felt that some monotonous jobs did not suit his personality, and the idea of starting his own business grew secretly. "by chance, I saw an agricultural science and technology program on CCTV, saying that raising wild boars has a good market prospect." After various investigations, he decided that this is indeed a very good start-up project. So as soon as the Spring Festival in 2008 was over, he submitted his resignation to the company.

When he offered to resign, he was first opposed by his family. "after studying for so many years, is it just to raise pigs?" His parents questioned him inexplicably. However, his parents supported him in the end. In May 2008, an Luhai rented more than 50 mu of residual mountain woodland in Anjiagou, Bayue Mountains, relying on more than 100000 yuan of start-up funds, and opened up a wild boar farm. In June, more than 10 breeding pigs he imported from other places officially entered the enclosure.

The wild boar escaped and returned to talk about why he chose to raise wild boars rather than ordinary pigs. An Luhai told the Chongqing Evening News that wild boars are more leather and sturdy. Generally speaking, after a vaccination in childhood, the whole breeding process does not need injections and medicine. In addition, domestic pigs generally eat special feed, while wild boar melons and fruits, weeds, wild vegetables and even wild small animals are eaten, and the breeding cost is low. "in addition to the above two points, the market fluctuation of wild boar price is also relatively small." In this way, the benefits are relatively secure, an Luhai said.

Although the technical requirements for breeding are low, because of the wild nature of wild pigs, the requirements for management are much higher than those of domestic pigs. An Luhai told the Chongqing Evening News that when he first raised wild boars, he also encountered a period of sad and then happy wild boar escape due to poor management.

An Luhai said that the wild boar has a wide range of activities and must be stocked. In fact, his farm is to surround a large piece of mountain forest land with steel wire mesh, and then build a pig house inside.

"once the staff forgot to close the door after leaving the farm." An Luhai recalled that in the afternoon they urgently counted the number of wild boars and found that four wild boars were missing, which meant a loss of nearly 20,000 yuan. There are deep mountains and forests all around, how can we find it back? An Luhai, who had just started his business, "even had the heart to jump off a building at that time."

"but the next day a miracle happened!" An Luhai said that the next morning, he found that the four wild boars that had been lost had come back by themselves, wandering leisurely at the door of the farm. "maybe it's because I didn't eat and sleep comfortably outside in the farm." An Luhai explained this with a smile.

Cooperative deep processing has achieved high benefits for more than three years, and wild boar farms in an Luhai are becoming more and more popular.

Chongqing Evening News reporter learned yesterday that now his breeding scale has expanded from 10 pigs in that year to more than 400, and the farm area has also increased from more than 50 mu to more than 200 mu. He achieved better economic benefits the year before last and last year. This year, the price of wild boar meat has risen to about 80 yuan per kilogram. This year, he produced a total of 200 wild boars in the rainy season, and his income is expected to exceed 1.2 million yuan at 75 kilograms and 80 yuan per kilogram.

In order to improve economic efficiency, an Luhai cooperated with a food company in Tongliang this year to deeply process wild boar into flavored bacon and sausages at a price of about 200 yuan per kilogram.

He told the Chongqing Evening News that his net income this year is expected to far surpass that of last year and the year before last, reaching about 500000 yuan.

Manual labor: about 150000 yuan per year for 8 farming workers.

Miscellaneous fees: including pig farm, pig house, medicine, feed, management, etc., an average of 550000 yuan per year.

Income: it is expected to earn 1.2 million yuan this year.

Profit: 500000 yuan a year.

Without marketing, everything is easy to raise wild boar at cost, but the news that it is difficult to sell wild boar is often seen in the media. How does an Luhai solve this problem?

"Wild boar meat is difficult to sell, in the final analysis, the price is high, it is a minority product." An Luhai said that if there is no effective marketing, then raising wild boars will undoubtedly let pigs die in their own hands. "I think without marketing, everything is cost."

"if I only sell wild boar, I don't have a big advantage." An Luhai said that as a result, he managed to deeply process the wild boar and put it in a gift box to make a gift, so that not only the market value of the wild boar is reflected, but also the target range of sales is wider, so sales will not be a problem.

Young is Wealth an Luhai originally works in the power system, but it is a golden rice bowl where a meter reader earns 100000 yuan a year. But instead of valuing things that everyone envies, the young man chose to start his own business, which is quite risky. Such courage is admirable.

It's not enough to start a business. You have to make the right choice. In Xiao an, the simple feeding of wild boar and the small fluctuation of meat price have become the reasons for the choice, which shows that he also has a commercial vision.

In my opinion, all this is done because of youth. Maybe it was because he was young that he dared to go ahead. It is because he is young that he has a flexible mind and chooses the right project and quickly finds the value-added direction of deep processing. Therefore, youth is wealth.