Sow and pork models with profit of 100 million VND/year in Thach Son

(Baonghean.vn) -The project to develop sow and pork farming of the Thach Son commune Party Committee identifies "livestock farming as an important breakthrough, contributing to the restructuring of the agricultural economy, increasing the income of breeders, reducing poverty and developing sustainably".

Based on clearly identifying the difficulties as well as the advantages and potentials of the locality, before implementing the project, the Party Committee of Thach Son commune assigned party members to be in charge of each village. In addition to propagating the content, purpose and plan for implementing the project, cadres and party members are the exemplary pioneers in implementing it.

Accordingly, the Party Committee of Thach Son commune has assigned the farmers' association to take charge of implementing the project for members to implement and monitor its effectiveness. With the participation and implementation of the project's contents in a fairly systematic and scientific manner, there have been many models of raising sows and pigs that have brought high economic efficiency.

A typical example is the family of Ms. Nguyen Thi Truong in village 7, Thach Son commune, which is one of the successful households in pig farming. Starting to build a large-scale farm in 2011, Ms. Truong's family mainly raises pigs for meat. At its peak, her family's herd had up to 100 pigs. Each year, she sells 4 batches. After deducting expenses or fluctuating prices, each year she still makes a profit of over 100 million VND.

Pig farming model of Ms. Nguyen Thi Khanh's family in village 6, Thach Son commune. Currently, Ms. Khanh's family has 5 sows and 30 pigs, at peak times there are up to 80 pigs.

Ms. Nguyen Thi Khanh in village 6 is also one of the typical pig raising households in Thach Son commune. To raise pigs effectively, her family invested in buying a milling machine to utilize agricultural waste to raise sows and pigs.

Currently, Ms. Khanh's family has 5 sows and 30 pigs, at peak times there are up to 80 pigs. Ms. Khanh said that each year a sow gives birth to 2 litters and each litter gives birth to 10 piglets. Most of the piglets are born, the family keeps them to raise and sell for meat. Raising sows and pigs has given her family an income of hundreds of millions of dong each year. In the future, the family will continue to expand the breeding area to expand the area of ​​pig farming.

In order for the project to be effective, the Party Committee and People's Committee of Thach Son commune have created all conditions to encourage people to focus on developing livestock farming in the direction of commodities; applying scientific and technological advances in production to improve productivity. The Party Committee of the commune has directed mass organizations to coordinate with the District Social Policy Bank and the Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development to sign trust and credit agreements so that people have capital to invest in livestock farming, including creating conditions for poor and near-poor households to borrow capital. Up to now, these subjects have been able to borrow capital for economic development with an amount of 8.4 billion VND.

The family of Ms. Nguyen Thi Truong, village 7, Thach Son commune is one of the successful households in pig farming, earning over 100 million VND in profit each year.

In addition, it also directed departments to actively coordinate with the Veterinary Station and the District Agricultural Extension Station to organize training courses and transfer livestock science and technology to people; encourage people to develop livestock models in the direction of family farms and ranches.

The work of preventing and controlling epidemics for livestock is also given special attention and focus by Thach Son commune, such as promoting propaganda on the loudspeaker system about the epidemic situation so that people can proactively take preventive measures for their livestock. Every year, the commune organizes vaccination for livestock and poultry reaching over 80%; spraying and disinfecting livestock barns reaching over 90%.

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