PIG FARMING : ITS BENEFITS

A pig farmer has the following advantages, which include Pigs meats either pork, ham, bacom or pork sausages are source of food, quality protein and its enjoying huge patronage in the meat market both in the local and international markets. Pig by-products such as the skin, bristles (hairs), hooves and lards are valuable products which are utilized in many ways such as, domestically in cooking as oil and industrially in soap making, manufacturing of hair and shoe brushes, adhesive glues. Pig skin is used medically in human skin treatment and surgery. Pig helps to balance and clean the ecosystem, since they utilizes kitchen waste-products and residues as feed. Hence there feed cost is low. Pig farm can be sited near a farm land or industrial processing firm as a form of waste management technique, utilizing the farm and by-products of industrial processing as source of feed. A female pig (sow) is prolific in nature, it gives birth to between 8 - 12 piglets at once. A sow can deliver twice yearly with an average of 10 piglets per birth. Its gestation period last for 114 days. Do the calculation, how many pigs will you have in a year? Having known this make a decision today. Pig farming is in thee a money spiner. Contact us now for management counselling on Fish Farming, Poultry Farming, Piggery Farming, Ruminants Production, Cattle Farming, Sheep Farming and Goat Farming,Ginea Pig farming, Rabbit Farming, Snail Farming, Bee Keeping (Apiculture), Mushroom Production, Vegetable Crop Farming, Cash and Food Crop Farming and Marketing. You can email us or call +234 8068101114. Welcome

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PIG PRODUCTS: PIGS PRODUCTS AND ITS USES

Pig farming is a good livestock enterprise with many products of value both for man and industrial uses. Pig meat is a source of food. Pig meat (pork) is a source of rich protein. Pork meat can be cured i.e. salted or smoked to preserve the meat for a longer period. It can be perserve in form of bacon, ham and gammon which are various forms of cured pork meat. Pork meat is a fresh meat obtained from pigs after slaughtering without being cured. Pork meat can be made into PORK- PIE which is a small pie filled with pork meat served and eaten when cold. Pork Scratchings is another pork meat product gotten from crisp pieces of pig skin that is fried and eaten cold often sold in packets as a snacks. Pig farming is a source of income to the pig keeper as its meat (pork) can be sold in kg(s) in markets and meat shops. The fats obtained from slaughtered pigs in form of lard, is processed into cooking oils and used in domestic cooking as oil. Pig manures are rich organic manures that improves the soil structure and fertility. Pig hairs or bristles is used in making brushes of various types. Pig hooves are used in making adhesive glues and the Pig skin are used for making leather products. Are you interested in Fish Farming, Poultry Farming, Piggery Farming, Ruminants Production, Cattle Farming, Sheep Farming and Goat Farming,Ginea Pig farming, Rabbit Farming, Snail Farming, Bee Keeping (Apiculture), Mushroom Production, Vegetable Crop Farming, Cash and Food Crop Farming and Marketing. Call us today on how we can help you start a successful agric enterprise.

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