I think that rural pig farming can make money, and the key to rural pig raising is how to control the disease of pigs and reduce the losses caused by the disease of pigs. The risk of engaging in the breeding industry is very large, as the saying goes, "the family has ten thousand, the hairy is not counted", pig breeding has both the risk of disease, and the risk of raising prices, although the current price of foreign ternary hybrid pigs 5-6 months of fattening can reach the weight of slaughter, but the main thing is that the price of pigs fluctuates greatly, in March this year, the price of fat pigs per catty was only sold about 7 yuan, and a fat pig was slaughtered at a loss of about 200 yuan. According to the current price, the profit of slaughtering a fat pig can exceed 500 yuan. If the breeding is a local generation of hybrid pigs, the feed is their own grain or grain processing by-products, the quality of pork is better than the market sales of foreign ternary hybrid pigs, the price is high, the production cost is lower than the scale of the farm, so I think that now farmers can still make money raising pigs, higher than the efficiency of large-scale farms.
First, has now entered the golden age of pig raising, according to the analysis of experts, in June this year has entered a new pig price cycle, this year's Dragon Boat Festival during the price increase of pigs is a warm-up into the pig price cycle. The beginning of the pig price cycle is the golden period of pig raising, the time is generally one to one and a half years, and now it has entered the golden period of the pig price cycle, and now pig breeding must be able to make a lot of money, whether it is a large-scale farm or rural free-range. According to the trajectory of the previous pig price cycle, at the beginning of the pig price cycle, the pig price rose more and fell less. For example, at the end of 2018, the new price cycle of pigs was entered, and the price of pork skyrocketed in June 2019, from about 7 yuan per catty to more than 45 yuan. In April 2022, the price cycle of new pigs will be entered, and the price of live pigs will rise sharply in July, and the price of live pigs will soon rise from about 8 yuan per catty to 12 yuan. In October, the price per catty of live pigs exceeded 14 yuan. This year's Dragon Boat Festival rose from about 7 yuan per catty to more than 9 yuan, although it is now the weakest period of pork consumption, but the price of live pigs is still maintained at more than 9 yuan per catty.
Second, the production cost is low
1, fattening piglets cost is low, now whether it is a scale farm or a small rural farm to raise most of the pigs are foreign breeds of hybrid pigs, this kind of pigs grow fast, feed utilization rate is high, usually piglet price 5-6 months of fattening can reach the slaughter weight, lean meat rate is high. Therefore, the price of fattening piglets is high, and now it is more than 600 yuan per head of piglets, and the local pig breed or a generation of hybrid piglets is more than 200 yuan per head, the price difference is relatively large, and the piglet cost per catty of fat pig production cost in large-scale farms is more than 2.4 yuan, and the piglet cost per catty of piglets raised in rural breeding or a generation of hybrid breeds is 0.8 yuan.
2, the cost of feed is low, farmers raise pig feed cost is low, generally in pig breeding, the largest production cost is the cost of feed, generally accounting for about 70% of the production cost, the scale of the farm is the use of compound feed, and the price of compound feed is affected by the market price of grain, fluctuating greatly. Farmers raise pig feed resources from a wide range of sources, most of them are the use of grain processing by-products, oil cake feed, wild green feed, grain scraps, poor quality potatoes and sweet potatoes, old pumpkin and other very low-cost feed resources, not only low production costs, but also very good meat quality.
3. Low labor costs, less investment in fixed assets, rural pigs are taken into account, there is no special personnel to raise, raising children is not counted as food money, the site of the farm is its own, no annual rent is required, so the production cost of rural pig breeding is lower than that of large-scale farms.
Third, the sales price is high, then the breeding of pork quality is excellent, the meat is delicious, the taste is delicate, the sales price is much higher than the farm-fed white pigs, we here in the countryside to feed the black pork sales price is generally about 10 yuan per catty.
1. The quality of free-range pork in rural areas is good, and the vast majority of pigs raised in China are foreign lean breeds, this kind of pork has a fishy smell, and the meat quality is relatively firewood, causing many consumers to turn to the consumption of beef and mutton, chicken and fish, according to the summary of relevant price data, the proportion of pork consumption has decreased significantly, from 64.2% in 2010 to 57.9% in 2023, while the proportion of beef consumption has climbed from 7.8% to 10.0%. This is because most of the domestic pig breeds are foreign lean breeds, and the whole fattening process is the use of compound feed, which is a factor that causes pork to have a fishy smell, foreign lean breeds of pork feel less oil and gas, this kind of pig lean meat content is more than 55%, the use of compound feed, so the meat smell is more chai, fishy smell is heavy.
Due to the high fat content of rural pork, the meat is full of oil when touched by hand, and a large number of fat particles are distributed in the muscle fibers of local pork, especially lean meat, which is relatively tender, smooth and fragrant after cooking. Foreign pigs are mainly lean meat, pork lacks fat, and oil must be used to fry it when cooking, so this kind of pork is more chai and has a worse taste. That is, the pork sold in the farmers' market, all black pork, the price is a few dollars more expensive than white pork.
2, rural pigs are not fed feed additives, especially antibiotics, now the implementation of large-scale breeding, pigs are intensively raised, pig farmers in order to improve the weight gain rate of pigs, improve the utilization rate of feed and prevent pig disease, so pig feed is added with antibiotics, fishmeal, silkworm pupa powder, etc., resulting in pork residue a certain amount of antibiotics, if the antibiotic excess is not good for human health.
3. Farmers still feed pigs with green feed from time to time, and most of the wild green feed is Chinese herbal medicine, which can tell the pork quality and good taste, so the sales price is higher than that of foreign breeds of pigs. Now the scale of the farm to raise pigs from small to slaughter are fed compound feed, pigs are difficult to eat green feed, a day is to eat and sleep, sleep to eat, become the feed into pork machine, this pork can be delicious? Therefore, every festival, consumers in the city have to go to the countryside to buy those free-range pork, the price is higher than the white pork in the city.
Therefore, I think that farmers can make money from free-range pigs, although free-range pigs have so many advantages, but they must master pig breeding management technology, disease prevention and control technology and pig management skills, all of which are indispensable. The same is pig raising, some make money, some lose money, there are breeding technology, disease prevention and control technology and pig management skills under the same conditions must make money. But can not be taken lightly, to note that the changes in pig prices in recent years are very weird, the off-season is not light, the peak season is not prosperous, in this case rural free-range pig farms should be good at grasping the opportunity to slaughter fat pigs in time to achieve greater breeding profits, therefore, pig farmers must not press the fence, as long as there is a profit can be slaughtered, remember not to follow the trend of the bar. Make your own decisions, don't be bewitched by people who speculate on pig prices on the Internet, don't have enough people's hearts to swallow elephants, and pay attention to avoid the recurrence of the phenomenon of 14 yuan per catty at the end of October 2022 and waiting until the loss to be slaughtered.