On the other hand, the current pig industry in China, contrary to that in the United States, more and more farmers choose to breed and raise their own pigs, and large pig enterprises also have this tendency. In the first half of the year, they all increased the number of sows in their farms more or less.
Why is the same way of raising pigs and raising them completely different? Bian Xiao believes that there are the following reasons:
1, the breeding cost is different. At present, the average cost of pig breeding in China is around 8 yuan, while it can be as low as 4-5% in the United States. Here, the feed cost has a great influence on the cost. China's soybean dependence on foreign countries is as high as 80%, which leads to high feed prices, and the cost of feed links needs to be hedged through the cost fields of other links.
2. The development of pig industry is different. Although China's pig industry has a history of several thousand years and its scale is not as good as that of the United States, it has developed into such a pig-raising model that is more in line with China's national conditions. Retail investors are often weak in infrastructure, management, technology and disease prevention and control. And the development of self-propagation and self-support can more effectively achieve the purpose of reducing costs and increasing efficiency.
3. The degree of regulatory intervention is different. Judging from the development process of our country in recent years, the intervention of regulation is getting stronger and stronger, and the pig industry can be more stable. "Stability" has two sides, and on the other hand, there is no "profiteering", so farmers try their best to reduce costs and increase efficiency, and developing "self-cultivation" is one of them.
Perhaps in the future, with the development of pig industry in China, the mode of "self-breeding and self-feeding" will be forgotten, but as far as the current national conditions in China are concerned, "self-breeding and self-feeding" is also an attempt to control costs. Do you think there are other reasons for the different ways of raising pigs between China and the United States? Welcome to express your thoughts in the comment area and discuss together!