Having a Pig Farm?

Question

I am thinking about buying a bunch of land and start breeding pigs to sell to kids for the state shows and stuff like that.And i mean like having almost 200 sows.And also opening a small cafe and feed store and maybe a couple acres for hay...Does anybody have any advice.Certain Degrees?Easier ways?Anything else i could add to my land thats easy to mange and earn some money?Anything would help?I really just have no idea how to start it...I know about show pigs i raised them for 10 years but other than that i dont know how to breed.And my Aunt was telling me something Boars and carpets and something but idk.But please help??

Answer 1

How about starting small, like 10 sows. Jumping into a farm of 200 sows may be a financial disaster!

Get some high quality sows & have your ag advisor or vet A.I. them for you. Do it as a hobby & don't quit your day job until it becomes profitful.

AS far as food service goes, their isn't a lot of profit in that either.(cafe)

good luck!

Answer 2

Each sow with an average litter of 9 pigs, two litters each year. is 18 pigs, times 200 sows is 3,600 pigs a year.  You will never be able to market that many pigs to 4 H and FFA kids.  Most will raise pigs from their own farms. If that is your target market shoot for very good quality and not quantity.  Select a breed that you like and spend your money on the best sows and a boar that can can get from a known breeder.   Start small because your market is going to be small.  Your success is going to be because you can supply the best pigs available to these kids.

Answer 3

Make sure their feed doesn't come from GMO Feed(genetically altered plants).

GMO means pestisides and chemicals...ever heard of Round up?

They use round up on the plants. Plants obsorb the Round up/chemical. Than the pig eats the plant/feed. Geuss who eats the pig?

If you not raising them for food,...the piglets with have chemicals in them, passed down from the mother who ate GMO pig feed.

Everything is connected,...and consiquences. Most farmers won't tell you this becuase it will effect their sales and profet.  

Buy Organic feed. Organic feed is from plants that Weren't genetically altered and do not need pestisides.