The price of piglets has dropped some time ago, but they are still very expensive. The two piglets Wu Fei's family is feeding now were bought when they were cheap, and they cost 45 yuan a pound.

And in the past, piglets usually weighed 30 kilograms each, but now they are getting bigger and bigger as they are fed, and many weigh forty or fifty kilograms. The two piglets I bought at home are relatively small, and some weigh nearly 40 kilograms each.

In the past, whenever you saw a pig pen built, within a few days, someone from above would come to you, and many times they would just knock it down and refuse to feed you.

But now things have suddenly changed. Not only does the town often mobilize everyone to raise pigs when the villagers go to the town for meetings, but also when the town cadres go to the village, they will also mobilize everyone to raise pigs when they get the opportunity.

It's just that raising pigs is not something ordinary people can raise now. There are nearly 200 households in Wu Fei's village, but when statistics were collected last month, there were only 15 households raising 20 pigs in total, including a sow.

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Nowadays, a piglet weighing more than 30 pounds costs more than 50 yuan per pound. One piglet costs at least 1,780 yuan, and two piglets cost more than 3,500 yuan.

Although the policy has now changed to support pig raising, and the subsidies for pig raising are not small, if you raise a pig with a gross weight of more than 200 kilograms, you can get five to six hundred yuan in various subsidies.

Such a policy may seem very tempting, but the reality is that no one in the village receives that subsidy. The subsidy policy was introduced last year and has been adjusted several times, and the standards for applying for subsidies have been lowered again and again.

, at the beginning, the minimum number of pigs to apply for was 100 pigs, and later it was changed to 80 pigs, 60 pigs, and 50 pigs. However, there were not many people in the town who actually raised pigs.

In fact, those who started raising pigs at that time were already making a lot of money. Although the price of feed has been rising again and again, and the price of meat has also dropped for a period of time, overall, the price of meat has not dropped much. Recently

Meat prices have been rising again for some time.

But in the final analysis, raising pigs is still a high-risk business at this time, and the cost is really too high. If the price of meat really drops significantly, you may even lose money if you start raising pigs now.

Wu Fei heard someone say some time ago that the county now stipulates a certain number of pig quotas for each town, and that new pig breeding sites no longer require approval. You can just pull out bricks and cement to start construction.

However, seeing the current price of piglets and the rising prices of feed, Wu Bang, who had originally had an idea, had already given up the idea. In addition, his family's business of growing vegetables and melons is booming.

Even less will I do something like this where I don’t know how to move forward.

Hearing the village chief start talking about the town's policies again, Wu Bang said his idea of ​​not wanting to raise pigs without thinking.

Although Wu Bang has expressed his intention not to raise pigs, the village chief still did not forget to mention the new policy: "Now the standards for applying for pig subsidies have been lowered again. As long as more than ten pigs are raised at a time, it will count as exactly ten pigs."

You can also apply for subsidies, register from the first vaccination, and you can get a subsidy of 600 yuan per head when you reach 200 pounds."

"This standard has dropped very quickly. Last year, it was only 100 pigs, but now you only need 10 pigs to apply for subsidies. However, my family does not have the time or manpower to raise pigs now, but Ermeng's family can raise one.

Batch, try to get this subsidy, it’s 6,000 yuan for 10 pigs.”

Wu Bang said: "Anyway, the sows he raises will give birth to piglets soon. If he raises them himself, he can save money on buying piglets."

Ermeng's family has raised a sow for more than two years. The two piglets Wu Fei's family bought were bought from Ermeng's house for 45 yuan per catty. The two piglets weighed almost 80 catties in total and cost 3,500 yuan.

Many dollars.

There were a total of 9 piglets in the litter. Ermeng kept one for himself and planned to breed another sow. The other eight piglets were all sold to the buyers from his own village. The eight piglets were sold for nearly

15,000 yuan.

The sow owned by Ermeng's family is the only one left in the village. From the second half of last year to this year, it has earned Ermeng's family almost 30,000 yuan, which is almost the same as what a person can earn by going out to work.

A sow can generally give birth to about ten piglets in one litter. The last litter gave birth to 11 piglets, but one died when she was born, and then another one died during the raising process. When it was time to sell

By then there were only 9 left.

A sow can generally give birth to two litters in a year, with an interval of about five months, and can give birth to about 10 piglets each time. Of course, not so many piglets are born every time.

If the number is small at that time, it is likely that there will only be a few, four, or five in one litter.

Wu Fei's family had raised sows before. I remember she gave birth to at least five piglets in one litter. However, it is rare to see such a small number. The sow that had been feeding dogs at home for several years only gave birth to five piglets at a time.

The piglet thing only happens once. Most of the time, even if it is less, there are seven or eight piglets.

Of course, there are times when there are too many, and there are also times when sows that have grown up can give birth to more than 20 piglets at most in one litter, so how many piglets can one sow give birth to at one time?

Whether you are a child or not is a matter of luck. No one knows until you are born.

However, Wu Fei has never seen a sow that gave birth to more than 20 piglets at a time. The sows that were fed back and forth at home in the past only gave birth to 15 piglets in one litter at most. The one who survived in the end

That's 12.

Wu Fei's two little piglets were bought from Ermeng's house at the end of May. A few days ago, Ermeng's father said that maybe next month, in mid-September, the sows at home will give birth again.

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If Ermeng's family raises pigs, the piglets are ready-made. As long as they wait for a period of time, the piglets will be available. Moreover, his family also has a place to raise pigs.

In the past, when the Ermeng family raised the most pigs, they raised more than 20 pigs at a time, and the pig pen was more than enough to raise forty or fifty pigs. However, the pig pen was later demolished during environmental renovation.

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However, when they were demolished, only the asbestos tiles on the pig pens were removed. The main structure of the pig pens, walls and other things were not moved. Now if you plan to raise pigs, you only need to remove the pigs that are already overgrown with weeds.

Clean the pen, then buy some asbestos tiles, cover the pig pen, and then it can be used to raise pigs.
Chapter completed!