Some netizens on the platform asked: As we all know, black pork tastes better than white pork, and people love to eat black pork, but why does some people not recommend breeding black pigs?
Indeed, this is counterintuitive. Logically, since a certain commodity is popular in the market, it is more important to produce more and sell more, but why do people want to do the opposite?
We know that there are two main types of pork on the market, namely the so-called white pig and the black pig. Among them, the white haired pig has the distinction of long white pig and large white pig, which are imported products; only the black hair pig is a native pig. The taste of black pork is better than that of white pigs, but it is not recommended to raise knowledgeable, so what is the problem? The key issue is probably the cost and profit of farming.
Pig raising this kind of economic behavior, the benefit difference is mainly in the ratio of feed to meat and production cycle, the former reflects the amount of capital investment, the latter reflects the capital turnover rate, they converge into the comprehensive cost of breeding, measuring the direct benefits of this economic behavior of breeding.
First of all, from the perspective of the ratio of feed to meat. Feed-meat ratio is to put a certain amount of feed and finally produce the amount of pork, with reference to the "China Pig Breeding Cost and Revenue Analysis Report (2004-2008)", combined with the actual situation of pig farmers, the material meat ratio of mainland pig breeding is 1:2-2.3 compared with white pigs, that is to say, pigs need to feed 2-2.3 kg per kilogram of meat, while local black pigs are generally 1:4. It can be seen that from the perspective of farmers, the feed-meat ratio of raising black pigs is certainly not cost-effective, and the conversion rate of more feed is poor. The white pig feed conversion rate is high. Spending the same money to invest, the output of the black pig is smaller than that of the white pig, and it will certainly not be worth it.
Second, from the perspective of the growth cycle. Local black pigs are generally hybrid pigs, growing slowly, generally taking 10-12 months or more to breed; while white pigs are generally binary pigs (improved pigs), good feed conversion rate, of course, grow fast. It usually grows within 4-5 months. It can be seen that the time spent raising one round of black pigs is equivalent to the time of raising two rounds of white pigs. From the perspective of capital turnover, raising black pigs is not worth it. And if you encounter a pig cycle, you can only watch the loss every day.
Third, from the perspective of the popularity of consumption. Some people may say that the price of black pork is high, the price of black pork on the market can reach more than 2 times the price of white pork, although the price of meat is indeed higher than that of white pork, but it also limits the expansion of the scope of consumption, resulting in the consumption of black pork in a niche group, from the perspective of realization, it is also unclassiable.
Combining the above factors, it is not difficult to understand why black pork is delicious, but it is not recommended to be farmed. The logic is so simple: although the taste of black pork is good, consumers like it, but because of the high cost of black pig breeding, the price must be high, otherwise it will not make money or even lose money; and the high price limits consumption, resulting in difficulty in realizing, so that producers cannot or are unwilling to raise; in turn, although the taste of white pork is almost bad, the cost of raising white pigs is relatively low, so that the meat price is low and the pork is easy to sell, so the producer is willing to produce more.
This is the phenomenon of "voting with one's feet" in economics, and it also shows that on this issue, meat eaters and pig farmers are not the same people.
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