Pig

Introduction Starting a pig farm or piggery is a good decision you’ve made or you’re about to make. No doubt, pig farming is a profitable...

The following are sample feed formulae to prepare the feed for pigs at various production stages.Also Read: Nutritional Requirements of PigAlso Read: How to select the...

Nutrition is a very important aspect of livestock production or farming because it determines the feed that animals need to eat, influences the important...

Large White pig is an exotic breed of pig that has its origin in Yorkshire in England. It is also called English Large White...

There are numerous breeds of pig across the globe. Some have been documented while some have not. Below is a list of pig breeds...

There are some important things a farmer needs to put into consideration before establishing a pig farm. One of these is housing. When a...

The pig farmer, no matter how good, cannot do better than the animal’s genetic potential for production. Improvements in productive parameters can thus be...

Though I have published several articles on pigs and swine production for existing and begginer pig farmers and I think it is necessary to...

Do you know that it starting a commercial pig farm with a poor breed is a wrong thing to do and would affect your...

One important thing that a reasonable and profit-minded farmer must do is finding means of reducing production cost to increase profit. In livestock farming,...

What is Pig Farming? Pig production involves the raising and management of pigs mainly for meat (Pork). This aspect of livestock farming has gained a...

Housing which is usually the open-sided type in the intensive system of pig production is more sophisticated and capital intensive. The house will generally...

Livestock animals are of great importance to the welfare of man all over the globe. They are raised and kept on for various reasons....

In Nigeria, India, china, and some other parts of the world, the pervasive challenge linked with raising pigs (hogs) is keeping the odours from...