Pig raising market, low grass, raising pigs, reducing feed costs

Recently, Liu Yanfen, a professor at Guangdong Ocean University, came to Sihui City, Guangdong Province to explain the knowledge of raising pigs to local farmers and provide new ideas for raising pigs. hUE China Feed Industry Information Network - based on feed, serving animal husbandry

Liu Yanfen introduced that pigs are monogastric, omnivorous, and post-digestive-fermented animals. The main function of the cecum and anterior colon is to digest the green-green feed. Feeding the forage can accelerate the peristalsis of the large intestine, and some of the chyme stays in the large intestine for a longer period of time. Thereby the digestibility of the food becomes higher. "The new king grass, ryegrass, legumes, cowpeas, etc. of the leguminous family are all suitable pastures, and the latter can also improve the quality of the soil." Liu Yanfen said that different pastures, the harvest time and The parts that can be used vary widely, which requires the farm to be based on actual conditions. hUE China Feed Industry Information Network - based on feed, serving animal husbandry

Liu Yanfen explained to the farmers that when feeding with pasture, the grass can be chopped, beaten and mixed with the concentrate before feeding, or the forage can be fed first, and then the concentrate can be fed. When feeding with boiled forage and feed, it is strictly forbidden to cover the lid and boil. It should be ensured that the forage can be boiled to feed, avoid boiling at 40 ° C ~ 60 ° C to avoid poisoning. In addition, the proportion of pigs fed grass at different stages is also very different. For sows, Liu Yanfen believes that the amount of pasture fed can reach 70%, while fattening pigs should be controlled below 30%. hUE China Feed Industry Information Network - based on feed, serving animal husbandry

A pig consumes about 350 kilograms of feed from birth to market. If you can save 10% of the feed, it means you can save more than 300 yuan. At present, most farms lose 50 yuan to 150 yuan per pig. "Now the pasture can mature to replace part of the concentrate, and in this downturn, it can still make pigs profitable." Liu Yanfen said. hUE China Feed Industry Information Network - based on feed, serving animal husbandry

It is understood that as early as a few months ago, under the impetus of Siyan City's Xinran Pig Professional Cooperative, some farmers have been piloting pasture to raise pigs. “At present, I mainly use forage to raise sows, and the situation of constipation in sows has decreased.” Wu Xiaobin, director of Qingfeng Pig Farm in Shigou Town, Sihui City, said that in addition, the low price of pigs is also the reason why he used forage to raise pigs. One of the pastures planted around his farm can grow up to one person in less than a month after harvesting, "almost no cost" compared to feed. hUE China Feed Industry Information Network - based on feed, serving animal husbandry

At present, pasture raising pigs is concerned with its low cost of breeding, but at the same time it is equipped with larger planting land, and many farms do not have such resources. Liu Yanfen believes that different scales of forage can be planted in combination with the actual situation of the farm. “ Unconditional pig farms can also use grasses to replace some feeds appropriately.” hUE China Feed Industry Information Network - based on feed, serving livestock