Let's Make Money on Hog Farming!

KEEP IT CLEAN!

Here are some tips if you are venturing into Hog Farming and if you are really serious to make money:

• Find a good location. A good location is almost always away from residential areas. If you find one, check the local zoning ordinances if you could set up a backyard or commercial hog farm in it before securing your permits. Among other things, you'll need an environmental compliance certificate from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources. Yes, you have to invest first if you want to make money seriously.
  

• Have plenty of water. you'll need plenty of water to keep your fence clean and reduce your mortality rate. Each pig requires 25 to 30 liters of water to drink, bathe and keep itself clean. You'll also need a good draining system.

• Implement a waste management program. You can't have your herd's waste draining into the river or someone else's backyard, so its important to have a system of disposing of it properly. You may invest in a process of turning your waste into fertilizer, or in a facility for transforming it into methane gas to power your farm.

• Invest in feeds. Each of your pigs will eat about 15 kilos of feed a day. If you have 1,000 sows, you'll need up to 45 tons of feed a month, and to store it you'll need a stockroom hat can keep up the three weeks worth of feed. Beware that too much or too little feeding will affect your herd's health, so follow the correct feeding program.

• Know your risks. Your payback period in hog farming is normally four to five months. Your major concerns are falling hog prices and the diseases that could wipe out your herd. The peak season for pig products is November to May, the lean season is July to September. Sometimes you may have to sell your pigs at low prices to avoid over population in your farm.