PIG FARMING

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Pig farming is one of the
most lucrative arms of animal farming. Pigs are
highly prolific, giving birth to an average of 10
piglets per farrow. Typically a pig farrows 2.5
times in a year. So in a year, a pig can give birth
to about 25 piglets.
The biggest variable cost component in pig
farming is feed cost. It accounts for about 70%
of the total cost. Your ability to source your feed
in a manner that is most cost effective is your
success determinant. Typically, pigs have FCR in
the range between 2 and 4 depending on the
breed and on the feed formulation. FCR means
feed conversion ratio. It is a measure of how
much kg of feed an animal will eat to produce
1kg of live weight.
This the is formula I adopt for my pigs (Modified
for Amino Acid Balancing)
50% of cassava ( I buy them Fresh, break them
into chips, dry and store them)
30% pkc
10% GNC( groundnut meal) or SBM (soyabean
meal)
6% blood meal
2.5%. Oyster shell/bone meal/ lime stone
0.25% lysine
0.25% methionine
0.5% salt
0.25% premix
0.03% (3g per 1kg bakers Yeast) ( probiotic)
0.1% H-Plus from Animalcare
The above feed formulation will cost you about
N30 per kilo. 1kg of live pig is sold for between
N280 and N300. If your pig consumes 3kg of
feed to give 1 kg of meat, It means that it will
cost you N90 to produce 1kg of live weight.
Therefore you make a gross margin of N300 -
N90= N210.
The other component of pig farming that is
capital intensive is their housing. Pig housing has
to be properly planed according to the number
of pigs you intend to grow. You need to decide
whether you want to do batch (all in all out) or
continuos pig production (first in first out).
The biggest pig farm in west Africa is at oke aro
,
Agege. Another one is at Gberigbe Ikorodu.
Accomodation costs at this locations are very
high. I will advice you to site your pig pen close
to where you can get cheap land and source raw
materials at low price. Eg cassava plantations.
Technology application will greatly hep you in
your pig farming. Fr example using, pig ni.ppl.es
(see picture below) will ensure that you deliver
constant and clean water to your pigs , it will
also reduce labor requirements. You also need
to construct a manure allay within your pig
house so that when they poo poo, you can flush
it away via the manure allay ( the manure allay
is like a gutter).

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