The terrible thing about the African swine fever epidemic is not only the sharp decline in pig production capacity and the involvement in the relevant industrial chain, but most importantly, it has greatly hit the confidence of pig farmers, especially small-scale pig farms and free-range farmers, many of whom have given up decades of pig farming.
But no matter how tragic the epidemic is, pork is still eaten, and pigs will always be raised. So, under the epidemic of African swine fever, if small-scale farmers still want to gain a foothold in the pig industry, what should they pay attention to? And what to do?
<h1> Less contact with "no three no four" pig dealers</h1>
"Now that pig prices are rising and a lot of pig dealers are running around, my point is that this group of people is the most dangerous!" Farmers have less contact with these 'no-no-no'! ”
Pig Pocket Media interviewed Mr. Chen, who has been engaged in pig farm services for a long time, who said, "Recently, pig prices across the country have risen rapidly, and some farmers have begun to buy pig seedlings or sell fat pigs, at this time the most dangerous source of infection has become a person." Brokers who sell hogs are the most dangerous. Some of them go to the countryside to buy pig seedlings, and some are desperate to buy pigs from areas with low pig prices and sell them in areas with high pig prices. ”
<h1> Opportunities "Year of the Golden Pig", should it be supplemented? </h1>
According to the report of CCTV's "Focus Interview", only 5 countries in the world have completely extinguished the African swine fever epidemic so far, and the shortest control time has experienced 5 years.
All in all, it is difficult for China to completely eradicate African swine fever in a short period of time, due to the consideration of risk factors, it is unlikely that large enterprises will continue to expand production, and will work hard to strengthen slaughtering capacity and meat deep processing, and will not blindly invest in the number of pigs.
In this way, small-scale pig farmers will have more room for development, and the next two years will be at least two years of opportunities for small-scale pig farmers to turn around and earn money.
Mr. Fan Guangyang, general manager of Shandong Keyuan Agricultural Development Co., Ltd., is optimistic about the development of small retail investors, he said, "For example, in our Shandong side, the current situation is relatively dominant for retail investors. "He believes that the pressure resistance of small retail households is the strongest, the stock is not large, and even if all the farms are cleared, they can immediately go to pig production in a short period of time." The main thing is that pig raising is generally not their main business, but a side business, and the financial pressure is not large. The breeding density is also relatively small, and in terms of the epidemic, the pressure is not so great compared to large-scale pig farms. In general, free-range farmers "have a good U-turn on the boat" and can seize this opportunity.
"When the opportunity is in front of us, we must also look at the actual situation of our own pig farm." Mr. Xu, who works in Wen's Group, told Pig Duorong media reporters. He believes that there are two directions for the choice of free range farmers, "one is for the poor geographical conditions, the surrounding environment is chaotic, the epidemic prevention work is difficult to carry out, the free range households should be prepared for transformation or withdrawal, stop loss in time; the second is that the surrounding environment is ideal, and there is a certain anti-risk foundation of the farmers can choose to continue to engage in the pig industry, African swine fever brings a large number of gaps in market demand, but also means that it will bring a long-term high-profit market." ”
For farmers who want to continue to raise pigs and have the need to supplement the fence, the above Mr. Chen's suggestion is: do not blindly follow the trend, rush to achieve success, and adhere to self-breeding and self-raising. It is indeed necessary to buy pigs as much as possible to choose the nearest familiar pig farm that is considered safe, not enough to buy pigs that are transported back from long distances or from unknown sources.
<h1> Do a good job of biosecurity</h1>
"To improve the awareness of epidemic prevention, under the extremely severe situation of African swine fever, the existence of fluke psychology should be avoided." Mr. Xu stressed to us. At the same time, he also shared some of his experiences in raising pigs in Wen's:
First, build an effective physical barrier. Farmers should effectively enclose the production area with walls or guardrails, while closing the road into the field, leaving only one road for the transportation of feed and other materials. Irrelevant persons are prohibited from entering or leaving the farm.
Second, attach importance to the management of the gate. Set up epidemic prevention and disinfection checkpoints before road admission, prepare disinfection machines and disinfection pools for disinfection of vehicles entering and leaving, and conditionally configurable wheel washers and chassis washers for vehicle cleaning. At the same time, it is equipped with a material fumigation and disinfection room and a personnel shower and changing room for the disinfection of daily materials and personnel entering the site.
Of course, on-site management is also critical. For households with domestic animals such as cats and dogs, captivity should be carried out to avoid the unknown risks caused by cats and dogs and other animals going out. For qualified farmers, they can be self-sufficient in the form of fish pond fish farming, enclosure chickens and vegetables, and reduce the frequency of people going out in the field.
Install ultraviolet lamps in the feed room for feed disinfection, and the new feed should be illuminated by ultraviolet lamps for more than 24 hours before use. In addition to pig feeding, nursing and other work, the field personnel should stay in the living area and reduce the number and frequency of entering the production area. And install a bathing and changing room between the living area and the production area, and should take a bath and change clothes before entering the production area.
African swine fever in China belongs to a new type of animal disease, because there is no experience, it is inevitable to suffer heavy blows at the beginning, but this also allows China's pig industry to enhance the ability to resist diseases and risks to a certain extent, "the great difficulty will not die there will be a blessing", survive this pass, you will be able to harvest more returns!