Why Consider Pig Breeding
Below are some reasons you should consider pig farming in Nigeria. Check out the following benefits:
A Sow generally gives birth to piglets twice a year. Each time they gave birth to about 10 piglets (sometimes more).
The gestation period is not more than 115 days. So, you can go for large scale commercial production within a very short time if you start with few pigs.
Weather condition and geographical location of Nigeria is very suitable for pig farming.
It is a very profitable business idea with a great ROI (Return of Investment) ratio.
Learn MorePigs are known for their meat yield, which in terms of dressing percentage ranges from 65 – 80% in comparison to other livestock species whose dressing yields may not exceed 65%.
The pig can utilize wide variety of feedstuff viz. grains, forages, damaged feeds and garbage and convert them into valuable nutritious meat.
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However, feeding of damaged grains, garbage, and other unbalanced rations may result in lower feed efficiency.
They are prolific with shorter generation interval. A sow can be bred as early as 8-9 months of age and can farrow twice in a year. They produce 6-12 piglets in each farrowing.
There is good demand from domestic as well as export market for pig products such as pork, bacon, ham, sausages, lard etc.
Pigs manure is widely used as fertilizer for agriculture farms and fish ponds.
Pigs store fat rapidly for which there is an increasing demand from poultry feed, soap, paints and other chemical industries.
As a pig farmer, you can sell a fully grown pig for as high as N75,000 depending on the weight.
Now, imagine if you can rear at least 100 pigs to maturity, you’ll be making nothing less than N3.5 Million from the sales.
If you can rear like 2,000 pigs a year, you will be making roughly N60 Million. Considering how fast pigs reproduce, it won’t be hard to rear 100 pigs in a year.
Which Pig Breeds Should You Keep?
Now, I will talk about the “Which?” question to consider when starting a pig farm in Nigeria.
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This section will address the various breeds available and selection.
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