How to improve the economic benefits of raising pigs?

In order to improve the economic benefits of free-range households, according to the author's practical experience, the following measures are summarized for the reference of the majority of free-range households.

(1) Select fine varieties and high-quality feed.

Improved pigs have the advantages of fast growth, high slaughter rate, high meat production rate and high lean meat rate, so excellent binary, ternary and hybrid pig breeds should be selected. The production performance, slaughter rate and lean meat rate of binary and ternary hybrid pigs are better than those of local pigs, and the price is also high. For the feed used by free-range farmers, you can add some full-price high-quality feed appropriately, and don't feed yourself more surplus grain to save money, which will affect the growth speed and health of pigs. When choosing feed, we must choose the products of feed manufacturers with good product stability, good quality and perfect service system. Don't judge the quality of feed by reputation and price.

(2) Adopt scientific feeding management methods.

Free-range farmers can start from two aspects if they want to raise pigs well. One is to read more professional books, strengthen the study of professional knowledge, and integrate theory with practice. Second, actively participate in professional knowledge training and learn from and exchange experiences with the same industry.

(3) the implementation of industrial management

By participating in animal husbandry cooperatives and associations, we will form a breeding base, and then establish contact with leading processing enterprises or sales markets to form a production model of "breeding+processing" or "breeding+market". This can not only ensure sales and stable production, but also obtain considerable economic benefits.

(4) Strengthen the prevention and control of animal diseases.

It is necessary to establish the concept that prevention is more important than treatment, and actively do a good job in disinfection, sterilization and epidemic prevention. Once an epidemic occurs, it is necessary to diagnose and isolate it in time and deal with it as soon as possible to prevent the spread of the epidemic and minimize losses.

(5) Actively promote moderate scale development.

Aquaculture has become an important industry for farmers to get rich. With the maturity of market economy and the vigorous promotion of many policies to encourage animal husbandry issued by governments at all levels, it is suggested that farmers should expand their scale appropriately and reasonably according to their own breeding experience and the amount of funds, and strive for gradual and steady development. See Table 2- 1 (for reference) for the pig group structure of farms of different scales.

Table 2- 1 Pig Group Structure of Different Scale Farms