AdexInfor:
Am planing to start the pig farm, but I need someone to partner wit me in terms of relevant information. I will also appreciate any pig farming semina. I thank you all

DeeOneBangin:
The seminar thing is a good idea especially for those that just wanna start. The professionals in the house should help with this

SinaAkinsanya:
Good to hear that live weight is now N350/kilo in Otta area. It just increased to about N320/Kilo in Ijebu Ode area.

TopeMel:
Dear farmers,i am new here. Please how many months will I feed a grower not advanced grower before they can get to 70kg? And what can i compound with their feed(pkc and sona) to make them grow quickly?I have 30 growers,what is the approximate amount I can use to feed them before they attain 70kg minimum. Thank you.

TopeMel:
Dear farmers,i am new here. Please how many months will I feed a grower not advanced grower before they can get to 70kg? And what can i compound with their feed(pkc and sona) to make them grow quickly?I have 30 growers,what is the approximate amount I can use to feed them before they attain 70kg minimum. Thank you.

snowpe:
i would have love to see your designs and how you intend to achieve it. can u share the pictures with me on whatsapp using this number 08034146016

Awolowo86:
Vicky3, send me a mail of your business plan, lets talk about a partnership.
If you have the expertise, the funding should not be an issue.
Mail me awolowo.jnr86@gmail.com

omode2:
ok

bugativeron:
My 10kobo advice to those who wants to go into piggery. I have been reading the comments here for sometime. But I think I should put in my advice now. Some comments here are hilarious and do not depict reality. However I will try to list somethings that I think should be done.


1. A pig farmer is first a cost manager, if not your expenses could run beyond ur plan and u cant stop at that point.
2. 80% of ur time should be spend to drive down the cost of ur feed. Research online for chepeast source of food and combinations that gives best yield.
3. The greatest challenge you will get is cheap source of protein for ur animals. Remember even humans in nigeria do not have enough protein not to talk of animals
4. Start small. This can never be over emphasis. It is not about ur cash availability rather it is about learnings. You definitely need to learn. But why do you want to learn with ur entire cash. The man that wants to start with 25 sows you need to watch it. Do u have enough experience to handle such. If 25 sows gives birth to average of 5 that gives you 125. Do u have d experience to handle such numbers. When they turn to grower cost of feeding will nearly drive you mad. Also without experience u may loose majority of them.
5. Go to a training school or do attachment somewhere. You cannot leave ur business in the hands of some other people who will tell stories that touch the heart because you dont know. Lagos state government had a 3month training school in oko oba that is not costly but allow you to manage it with ur other activities.

6.specialise in pen design. Cost of construction of pen is also one of the things that drives farmers mad. Go online and research cheaper method of construction buy picture books online that teach DIY they are readily available just Google it. Amazon used to deliver books to me in nigeria some years back and they are very cheap 18dollars or so and it gets to u withing 3wks. Do it yourself cos cost is important. I saw the pen design posted by someone that is a costly way to build pig farm. Imarging if you have 2000 animals how many of such will u build.

7. To manage cost or to be efficient and get rich thru piggery requires you to run a large pig far. Cos the energy and time invested in running a farm with 200 animals will not be much different from running a farm with 2000 animals but the cost saving different is huge.

I hope I have made a bit of sense with this my posting. Remember ur goal is to be an elite farmer not backyard one.

Walla79:
Marketing is the biggest problem we have in pig farming. It may be earlier for those in Lagos for obviois reaaons, but inIbadan for instance, it is still hard to sell for above N270. Iwas shockedthat a kilo now goes for N350 inLagos and N320 in Ogun, but last week, I couldn't seel six pigs for N270. I think we should talk more on marketing since all our efforts will make no sense if we don't get good prices for our pigs.

femu:

There isn't marketing problem in pig farming!
different factors are responsible for potential price differences.
cost of production in ibadan is different from Ota.
most farmers lack social skills until when they need help or want to sell.
The more you network positively the more you become informed about opportunities in the business.
another factor for breeders is the quality of your pigs.
Farm location. is your farm road unmotorable or deliberately located in a remote area.
attitude to agents, attendants workers, buyers and people that introduced you to the business.
Always tip when necessary and be accessible no matter how busy or wealthy you are.
currently i can't meet demand for pigs!!!

ops:


Hi. I'm in ibadan but I'm not sure what exactly you mean by "train". You can send me a pm though, I'll be glad to help anyway I can.
Cheers.

excelsiorfarm:
@targus in your construction,guard against this mistake on your farm,pic below