Category: Pigs

Pigs

Inbreeding and it’s Effect in Pig Farming

Benadine Nonye
Inbreeding and it's Effect in Pig Farming

Farmers today let’s share about inbreeding, one of the commonest vices in pig farming. Meaning of Inbreeding: This is the mating animals of the same breed that are closely related. Inbreeding is the mating of individuals that are related. In the strict sense, all members of a breed are related. As a result, any seedstock producer is practicing some inbreeding. Therefore, we generally reserve the term inbreeding for the mating of animals that are more closely related than the average of the breed. This usually happens to farmers when starting…

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Types of Pig Feeds and When to Feed Each

Benadine Nonye
Pig Feeds

There are different types of pig feeds that exists in pig farming business and the appropriate time and the right age that each of them can be served to your pigs because the different stages of pigs have different required nutrient specification and therefore they should be fed on different feeds according to the nutrient requirement and the age of the pigs to be fed. Pig feeds accounts for about 60-70% of the cost of pig meat production. It is, therefore, important to get the formulations and rations right at…

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Pig Farming Step-by-Step Beginners Guide

Benadine Nonye

Regarding pig farming, Pigs are omnivore’s animal, which means that they consume both plants and animals. In the wild, they are foraging animals, primarily eating leaves, grasses, roots, fruits and flowers. In confinement pigs are fed mostly corn and soybean meal with a mixture of vitamins and minerals added to the diet. They are reared for meat and production of some snacks, the baby pigs are called piglets. Pig rearing is one of the lucrative businesses in agriculture under livestock husbandry because pigs give birth to piglet’s at large numbers.…

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How to Setup Your New Pig Farm- Beginners Guide

Benadine Nonye
The Different Species of Pig

Here’s a comprehensive guide on How to Setup Your New Pig Farm as there are certain procedures or processes that must be followed when setting up a successful pig farm especially if you are about starting out for the first time as a beginner. 1) Securing a Good Location The first step in setting up a new pig farm is by securing a good location. When choosing a site for raising your pigs, it’s important to select a non-residential area due to the unpleasant odors involved in raising pigs so…

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The Different Species of Pig

Benadine Nonye
The Different Species of Pig

Today we are going to discuss about the different species of pigs we have along with their unique features and characteristics. Below are the different species of pigs we have around the world as well as their different unique characteristics: 1) Yorkshire Pig They are characterized with the following: 1) They are white in color. 2) They have erect ears. 3) Their average litter size is 13 pigs per sow. 4) They have a slow growth rate. 2) Berkshire Pig They are characterized with the following: They are black and…

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Business Opportunities in Pig Farming Around the World

Benadine Nonye
Business Opportunities in Pig Farming Around the World

Pig farming, is a branch of animal husbandry which is referred to as the process of breeding and raising domestic pigs for personal or commercial purposes. Pigs are largely originated from Africa and they belong to the genus “Sus” meanwhile the domestic pigs raised are descendants of their ancestors. It may surprise you to know that pork (pig meat) is the most widely consumed meat in the world, followed by poultry and beef. Surprised, right? The value of trade in pig products around the world runs into billions of dollars…

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