Dear fellow pig farmers, If your farm is in any of the categories below, then it’s time to make some adjustment for profitability. 1. If you have more pigs than you can feed properly then they will soon lead you to losses. Make some adjustments, increase the feeds or reduce the number to meet the available feeds. 2. If you are feeding your pigs on good nutritious feeds, but they are not gaining weight (i.e. Commercial breeds gain up to 100kg or above in 6 months from birth.) Then perhaps it’s time to look for a trusted breeder to get you commercial breeds for profitability. "It is said even if you give all the nutrition in the world to a goat, it can never be as fat as an elephant because it only has growth characteristics of a goat." 3. If you have been allowing everyone into your farm it’s time to lock its gate and major on e-commerce or have a sales point away from the pig units to simply avoid losing your farm to infections such as African Swine Fever (Lift
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